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The Westminster Retable, now in the Museum of Westminster Abbey, is widely acknowledged to be one of the central masterpieces of late 13th-century European art. Its importance has been enhanced after its conservation by the Hamilton Kerr Institute, completed in 2005, and exhibition at the National Gallery. Yet the fate of the Retable - both historically and in the literature - has been haphazard: no proper monograph has ever been devoted to it. This book offers as full as possible an account of the art history of the Retable, and publishes the data that emerged from the conservation in a form appropriate to the very high levels of investigation involved. The conservation has added greatly to our knowledge of the panel's history, date, function and manufacture. The consensus is that the Retable was the high altarpiece of Henry III's Abbey church, in place for the dedication in 1269. The wide-ranging conclusions will be of great interest to the community of scholarship of medieval panel painting and art generally. Its contributors are the leading experts in the field. The plan falls into four parts, following a synopsis and general introduction: Art History; History and Historical Treatments; Manufacture, Technical Analysis, Treatment; Documentation.
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- PublisherHarvey Miller Publishers
- Publication date2009
- ISBN 10 190537528X
- ISBN 13 9781905375288
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages464
- EditorPaul Binski, Ann Massing
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. The late 13th-century Westminster Retable is rightly celebrated as one of the most beautiful and enigmatic panel paintings to have survived from medieval Europe. Its history is not without tragedy. It was made in the Westminster Abbey, one of the most prestigious Gothic churches of the thirteenth century, itself a treasure-house of medieval wall and panel painting; then, after the Dissolution of the Monasteries, it was demoted rapidly to use as part of a large cupboard; its ruination in the eighteenth century just pre-dated the Gothic Revival and its rediscovery and rescue. Since then, it has intrigued commentators because of its extraordinary technical mastery, its value as an ornamental resource for study and, more recently, as an important if fragmentary link in the history of painting in England and France in the thirteenth century. There is every reason to believe that its standing as an artwork was apparent even in the Middle Ages, and that, in short, it may be seen as one of the central monuments of Anglo-French Gothic painting. The Westminster Retable was conserved at the Hamilton Kerr Institute, University of Cambridge. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9781905375288
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