Apocalypse: The Great East Window of York Minster - Softcover

Brown, Sarah; Gooder, Paula

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1908990325 ISBN 13: 9781908990327

Publisher: Third Millenium Pub Ltd, 2015

Synopsis

This is the tale of a medieval masterpiece. York Minster boasts one of the great artistic achievements of the Middle Ages - a stunning expanse of stained glass of unparalleled size and beauty in Britain. The Great East Window, created by the 15th-century glass painter John Thornton, contains over 300 glazed panels, including a remarkable sequence depicting that most inspiring and controversial Biblical text, the Revelation of St John. The four horsemen, the Archangel Michael and the dragon, the whore of Babylon, the coming of the new Jerusalem - all of the famous phantasmagorical images of John s vision are here in searing color and detail. Specially commissioned as the Minster received a generous grant to clean and preserve this masterwork, Apocalypse reproduces the entire cycle in color for the first time. Expert commentary by medieval stained glass expert Sarah Brown is supplemented by a chapter on the interpretation of the Apocalypse by theologian Paula Gooder and an introduction by the Dean of York.

Contents:
A brief history of the window; John Thornton and the original commission; the Apocalypse imagery; the conservation programme; the Apocalypse in the New Testament and the Church today; catalogue of the panels

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About the Author

Sarah Brown is Director of the York Glaziers Trust, a lecturer in History of Art at the University of York, a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and chairman of the British Corpus Vitrearum Medii Aevi (the international corpus of medieval window glass). She is currently overseeing the conservation of York Minster's Great East Window, part of York Minster Revealed, a conservation and interpretation project made possible by the generous funding of the Heritage Lottery Fund

Edition details

• Publisher: Third Millenium Pub Ltd
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1908990325
• ISBN 13: 9781908990327
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160