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This volume examines periodic changes in color design in medieval churches during the 19th and 20th century. What thus catches the eye is the alternation of phases that brought forth sacred spaces with reduced color and even visible stone and such spaces that strove for colorfulness. The ideologies that stand behind this process are analyzed by considering exemplary restoration measures in individual church buildings against the backdrop of the respective self-conception of monument maintenance, but also more general societal notions. It is shown how much artistic design is inherent in the practice of preserving.

  • Were the Middle Ages colorful? New perspectives on the history of monument maintenance

  • Consideration, for instance, of the Bremen Cathedral, St. Jacobi in Göttingen, and St. Patrokli in Soest

Mittelalterbilder der Moderne: Kirchen zwischen

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      Publisher: De Gruyter
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 21/11/2022
      ISBN13: 9783422986947, 978-3422986947
      ISBN10: 3422986944

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      This volume examines periodic changes in color design in medieval churches during the 19th and 20th century. What thus catches the eye is the alternation of phases that brought forth sacred spaces with reduced color and even visible stone and such spaces that strove for colorfulness. The ideologies that stand behind this process are analyzed by considering exemplary restoration measures in individual church buildings against the backdrop of the respective self-conception of monument maintenance, but also more general societal notions. It is shown how much artistic design is inherent in the practice of preserving.

      • Were the Middle Ages colorful? New perspectives on the history of monument maintenance

      • Consideration, for instance, of the Bremen Cathedral, St. Jacobi in Göttingen, and St. Patrokli in Soest

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