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Book Synopsis
A Companion to Medieval Art brings together cutting-edge scholarship devoted to the Romanesque and Gothic traditions in Northern Europe.
  • Brings together cutting-edge scholarship devoted to the Romanesque and Gothic traditions in Northern Europe.
  • Contains over 30 original theoretical, historical, and historiographic essays by renowned and emergent scholars.
  • Covers the vibrancy of medieval art from both thematic and sub-disciplinary perspectives.
  • Features an international and ambitious range - from reception, Gregory the Great, collecting, and pilgrimage art, to gender, patronage, the marginal, spolia, and manuscript illumination.


Table of Contents

List of Illustrations viii

Notes on Contributors xiii

Series Editor’s Preface xix

Preface xx

1 Introduction: A Sense of Loss: An Overview of the Historiography of Romanesque and Gothic Art 1
Conrad Rudolph

2 Vision 44
Cynthia Hahn

3 Reception of Images by Medieval Viewers 65
Madeline Harrison Caviness

4 Narrative 86
Suzanne Lewis

5 Formalism 106
Linda Seidel

6 Gender and Medieval Art 128
Brigitte Kurmann-Schwarz

7 Gregory the Great and Image Theory in Northern Europe during the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries 151
Herbert L. Kessler

8 Art and Exegesis 173
Christopher G. Hughes

9 Whodunnit? Patronage, the Canon, and the Problematics of Agency in Romanesque and Gothic Art 193
Jill Caskey

10 Collecting (and Display) 213
Pierre Alain Mariaux

11 The Concept of Spolia 233
Dale Kinney

12 The Monstrous 253
Thomas E. A. Dale

13 Making Sense of Marginalized Images in Manuscripts and Religious Architecture 274
Laura Kendrick

14 Romanesque Architecture 295
Eric Fernie

15 Romanesque Sculpture in Northern Europe 314
Colum Hourihane

16 Modern Origins of Romanesque Sculpture 334
Robert A. Maxwell

17 The Historiography of Romanesque Manuscript Illumination 357
Adam S. Cohen

18 The Study of Gothic Architecture 382
Stephen Murray

19 Gothic Sculpture from 1150 to 1250 403
Martin Büchsel

20 Gothic Manuscript Illustration: The Case of France 421
Anne D. Hedeman

21 Glazing Medieval Buildings 443
Elizabeth Carson Pastan

22 Toward a Historiography of the Sumptuous Arts 466
Brigitte Buettner

23 East Meets West: The Art and Architecture of the Crusader States 488
Jaroslav Folda

24 Gothic in the East: Western Architecture in Byzantine Lands 510
Tassos C. Papacostas

25 Architectural Layout: Design, Structure, and Construction in Northern Europe 531
Marie-Thérèse Zenner

26 Sculptural Programs 557
Bruno Boerner

27 Cistercian Architecture 577
Peter Fergusson

28 Art and Pilgrimage: Mapping the Way 599
Paula Gerson

29 “The Scattered Limbs of the Giant”: Recollecting Medieval Architectural Revivals 619
Tina Waldeier Bizzarro

30 The Modern Medieval Museum 639
Michelle P. Brown

Index 656

A Companion to Medieval Art

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      Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
      Publication Date: 04/12/2009
      ISBN13: 9781405198783, 978-1405198783
      ISBN10: 1405198788

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A Companion to Medieval Art brings together cutting-edge scholarship devoted to the Romanesque and Gothic traditions in Northern Europe.
      • Brings together cutting-edge scholarship devoted to the Romanesque and Gothic traditions in Northern Europe.
      • Contains over 30 original theoretical, historical, and historiographic essays by renowned and emergent scholars.
      • Covers the vibrancy of medieval art from both thematic and sub-disciplinary perspectives.
      • Features an international and ambitious range - from reception, Gregory the Great, collecting, and pilgrimage art, to gender, patronage, the marginal, spolia, and manuscript illumination.


      Table of Contents

      List of Illustrations viii

      Notes on Contributors xiii

      Series Editor’s Preface xix

      Preface xx

      1 Introduction: A Sense of Loss: An Overview of the Historiography of Romanesque and Gothic Art 1
      Conrad Rudolph

      2 Vision 44
      Cynthia Hahn

      3 Reception of Images by Medieval Viewers 65
      Madeline Harrison Caviness

      4 Narrative 86
      Suzanne Lewis

      5 Formalism 106
      Linda Seidel

      6 Gender and Medieval Art 128
      Brigitte Kurmann-Schwarz

      7 Gregory the Great and Image Theory in Northern Europe during the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries 151
      Herbert L. Kessler

      8 Art and Exegesis 173
      Christopher G. Hughes

      9 Whodunnit? Patronage, the Canon, and the Problematics of Agency in Romanesque and Gothic Art 193
      Jill Caskey

      10 Collecting (and Display) 213
      Pierre Alain Mariaux

      11 The Concept of Spolia 233
      Dale Kinney

      12 The Monstrous 253
      Thomas E. A. Dale

      13 Making Sense of Marginalized Images in Manuscripts and Religious Architecture 274
      Laura Kendrick

      14 Romanesque Architecture 295
      Eric Fernie

      15 Romanesque Sculpture in Northern Europe 314
      Colum Hourihane

      16 Modern Origins of Romanesque Sculpture 334
      Robert A. Maxwell

      17 The Historiography of Romanesque Manuscript Illumination 357
      Adam S. Cohen

      18 The Study of Gothic Architecture 382
      Stephen Murray

      19 Gothic Sculpture from 1150 to 1250 403
      Martin Büchsel

      20 Gothic Manuscript Illustration: The Case of France 421
      Anne D. Hedeman

      21 Glazing Medieval Buildings 443
      Elizabeth Carson Pastan

      22 Toward a Historiography of the Sumptuous Arts 466
      Brigitte Buettner

      23 East Meets West: The Art and Architecture of the Crusader States 488
      Jaroslav Folda

      24 Gothic in the East: Western Architecture in Byzantine Lands 510
      Tassos C. Papacostas

      25 Architectural Layout: Design, Structure, and Construction in Northern Europe 531
      Marie-Thérèse Zenner

      26 Sculptural Programs 557
      Bruno Boerner

      27 Cistercian Architecture 577
      Peter Fergusson

      28 Art and Pilgrimage: Mapping the Way 599
      Paula Gerson

      29 “The Scattered Limbs of the Giant”: Recollecting Medieval Architectural Revivals 619
      Tina Waldeier Bizzarro

      30 The Modern Medieval Museum 639
      Michelle P. Brown

      Index 656

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