The Art and Science of the Church Screen in Medieval Europe: Making, Meaning, Preserving (Boydell Studies in Medieval Art and Architecture, 9) - Hardcover

9781783271238: The Art and Science of the Church Screen in Medieval Europe: Making, Meaning, Preserving (Boydell Studies in Medieval Art and Architecture, 9)

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ISBN 10: 178327123X ISBN 13: 9781783271238

Publisher: Boydell Press, 2017

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 spects of the construction and painting of screens, with contributions from conservators, religious historians, art historians and conservation scientists.

Contributors: Spike Bucklow, Donal Cooper, David Griffith, Hugh Harrison, Jacqueline Jung, Justin Kroesen, Julian Luxford, Richard Marks, Ebbe Nyborg, Eddie Sinclair, Jeffrey West, Lucy Wrapson.

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(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

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