UID:
almafu_9961030668202883
Format:
1 online resource (xvii, 218 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
1-84615-354-9
Content:
The fullest catalogue available on English medieval alabasters - 2,400 entries, with historical and art historical contextual material. From the late 1300s to the Reformation, alabaster carving was a major activity in the English Midlands, in an area centred on Nottingham. Altarpieces and panels were produced for the home market, but also for export; the sculptures have a distinctive style, dictated by the religious subjects and by the material, and were usually painted and gilded. At the Reformation, such items were hidden or destroyed, and it is the survival of numerous continental examples, particularly in France, together with the remaining examples from England, that enables the history of alabaster carving to be documented. This book catalogues some 2,400 carvings, with their location and published references, coupled with a Geographical Index. It is the fullest catalogue yet compiled on these exquisite small-scale sculptures, incorporating much new information, particularly relating to the iconography of the carvings. Thelate FRANCIS CHEETHAM was also the author of English Medieval Alabasters, containing a catalogue of the collection in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 24 Mar 2023).
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CONTENTS; FIGURES AND COLOUR PLATES; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; PHOTOGRAPHIC CREDITS; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; English Medieval Alabaster Carvings; Saints; Life of the Virgin; Life of Christ; Last Judgement; Trinity; Te Deum; Sacraments; Heads of St John the Baptist; Altarpieces; Summary of the Number of Carvings; GEOGRAPHICAL INDEX; BIBLIOGRAPHY
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-84383-028-0
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9781846153549
URL:
https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/9781846153549/type/BOOK
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