Title Details
360 Pages
24 x 17 cm
62 colour, 77 b/w illus.
Series: Boydell Studies in Medieval Art and Architecture
Series Vol. Number:
9
Imprint: Boydell Press
The Art and Science of the Church Screen in Medieval Europe
Making, Meaning, Preserving
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Fresh examinations of one of the most important church furnishings of the middle ages.
The churches of medieval Europe contained richly carved and painted screens, placed between the altar and the congregation; they survive in particularly high numbers in England, despite being partly dismantled during the Reformation. While these screens divided "lay" from "priestly" jurisdiction, it has also been argued that they served to unify architectural space. This volume brings together the latest scholarship on the subject , exploring in detail numerous aspects of the construction and painting of screens, it aims in particular to unite perspectives from science and art history. Examples are drawn from a wide geographical range, from Scandinavia to Italy.
The churches of medieval Europe contained richly carved and painted screens, placed between the altar and the congregation; they survive in particularly high numbers in England, despite being partly dismantled during the Reformation. While these screens divided "lay" from "priestly" jurisdiction, it has also been argued that they served to unify architectural space. This volume brings together the latest scholarship on the subject , exploring in detail numerous aspects of the construction and painting of screens, it aims in particular to unite perspectives from science and art history. Examples are drawn from a wide geographical range, from Scandinavia to Italy.
Framing the Rood in medieval England and Wales - Richard Marks
Science and the screen - Spike Bucklow
Towards a new methodological approach for interpreting workshop activity and dating medieval church screens - Lucy Wrapson
Texts and detexting on late medieval English church screens - David Griffith
Sacred Kingship, Genealogy and the Late Medieval Rood Screen: Catfield and beyond - Julian Luxford
West Country rood screens: construction and practice - Hugh Harrison and Jeffrey West
The polychromy of Devon screens: preliminary analytical results - Lucy Wrapson and Eddie Sinclair
Moving pictures on the Gothic choir screen - Jacqueline E. Jung
The preserving power of Calvinism: pre-Reformation chancel screens in the Netherlands - Justin E. A. Kroesen
Recovering the lost rood screens of medieval and Renaissance Italy - Donal Cooper
Choir screens and rood lofts in Scandinavian parish churches before 1300 - Ebbe Nyborg
Science and the screen - Spike Bucklow
Towards a new methodological approach for interpreting workshop activity and dating medieval church screens - Lucy Wrapson
Texts and detexting on late medieval English church screens - David Griffith
Sacred Kingship, Genealogy and the Late Medieval Rood Screen: Catfield and beyond - Julian Luxford
West Country rood screens: construction and practice - Hugh Harrison and Jeffrey West
The polychromy of Devon screens: preliminary analytical results - Lucy Wrapson and Eddie Sinclair
Moving pictures on the Gothic choir screen - Jacqueline E. Jung
The preserving power of Calvinism: pre-Reformation chancel screens in the Netherlands - Justin E. A. Kroesen
Recovering the lost rood screens of medieval and Renaissance Italy - Donal Cooper
Choir screens and rood lofts in Scandinavian parish churches before 1300 - Ebbe Nyborg
"Not only provides a cogent and convenient summary of the state of research but also points the way forward for further work on the subject." ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW
"An effervescent collection of essays by international leaders in their disciplines, weaving together remarkably detailed case studies of individual screens with thematically rich research that considers major issues, including the senses and patronage." LIVING CHURCH
"Just about everything you might want to know about church screens is to be found here . . . the reader comes away with a much better understanding of the role of reIigion as practiced in Medieval life and respect for the artisans, constructors, and patrons who brought these screens into being." ANGLICAN AND EPISCOPAL HISTORY
"[A]n invaluable resource providing a comprehensive survey of these indispensable components of the medieval church interior." SPECULUM
"Copiously illustrated and beautifully produced." THE ART NEWSPAPER
Paperback
9781783275359
April 2020
$39.95 / £29.99
Ebook (EPDF)
9781787440111
April 2017
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Title Details
360 Pages
2.4 x 1.7 cm
62 colour, 77 b/w illus.
Series: Boydell Studies in Medieval Art and Architecture
Series Vol. Number:
9
Imprint: Boydell Press
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