Image, Memory and Devotion : Liber Amicorum Paul Crossley

Opacic, Z. & A. Timmerman

ISBN 10: 2503531687 / ISBN 13: 9782503531687

Published by Brepols Publishers, 2011

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Image, Memory and Devotion : Liber Amicorum Paul Crossley
• Publisher: Brepols Publishers
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 2503531687
• ISBN 13: 9782503531687
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This collection of essays, written in honour of the eminent architectural historian Paul Crossley, brings together some of the most distinguished scholars of medieval art and architecture from the United States and many parts of Europe. Covering a broad spectrum of topics and approaches including recent discoveries, new interpretations and critical debates, this book and its counterpart Architecture, Liturgy and Identity (also published in the Studies in Gothic Art series) offer a fitting tribute to the exceptional range of Professor Crossley's intellectual interests, while providing invaluable insights into the present study of the Middle Ages.

About the Author

Achim Timmerann teaches medieval and northern Renaissance art and architecture at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He is author of Real Presence: Sacrament Houses and the Body of Christ, c. 1270-1600 (AMA 4, 2009).