Description
Book SynopsisRe-examines the sculpture on the transept porches of Chartres Cathedral and revises their chronology, based on information from the previously unstudied tomb of the count of Joigny. Documents the production of the monument within the context of French High Gothic sculpture.
Trade Review“Anne McGee Morganstern's new book reconstructs the history of the tomb of Count Guillaume de Joigny in an impressively meticulous fashion. It is a genuine and significant addition to the literature.”
—Walter Cahn,Yale University
“In her thoughtful and thorough High Gothic Sculpture at Chartres Cathedral, the Tomb of the Count of Joigny, and the Master of the Warrior Saints, Anne McGee Morganstern reassesses the much-studied sculpture of the Chartres south transept through innovative comparisons with the tomb sculpture of Count Guillaume de Joigny. These investigations clarify the nature of the sculptural workshop during the thirteenth century, an issue of vital importance to all who study medieval art. Additionally, she revitalizes the method of stylistic analysis in a way that is useful to twenty-first-century readers. This book is a significant contribution to the study of Gothic sculpture.”
—Susan Leibacher Ward,Rhode Island School of Design, co-director of the Census of Gothic Sculpture in America
Table of ContentsContents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 The Tomb of Count Guillaume I in the Priory of Notre-Dame in Joigny
2 Beyond the Tomb: Implications of a Stylistic Analysis of the Count’s Tomb
3 The Context of the Porches of Chartres Cathedral
4 The South Transept Porch of Chartres Cathedral
5 The North Transept Porch of Chartres Cathedral
6 The Coronation Portal at Longpont-sur-Orge
Conclusion
Appendix 1 An Iconographic Conundrum: Saint Theodore and Saint George
Appendix 2 The Iconography of the South Transept Porch
Appendix 3 The Iconography of the North Transept Porch
List of Abbreviations
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index
