The gothic screen : space, sculpture, and community in the cathedrals of France and Germany, ca. 1200 - 1400
"In the Catharijneconvent Museum in Utrecht there hangs a panel painting whose diminutive size belies the magnificence of its contents (Plate I). Supporting a soaring canopy of rib vaults, two rows of polished marble columns mark the outer boundaries of the picture; their lower halves are conce...
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| Format: | Buch |
| Sprache: | English |
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Cambridge [u.a.] : Cambridge Univ. Press,
2013
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| Ausgabe: | 1. publ. |
| Schlagworte: | Screens (Church decoration) Space (Architecture) Sculpture, Gothic Christian art and symbolism Frankreich Deutschland Dom Lettner Liturgie Bildprogramm mehr... |
| Umfang: | XIX, 282 S. |
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- Machine generated contents note: Introduction; Part I. The Screen as Sculpture: 1. The choir screen as partition; 2. The choir screen as bridge; 3. The choir screen as frame; Part II. The Sculpture on the Screen: 4. Women, men and the social order; 5. Jews, Christians and the question of the individual; 6. Nobles, peasants and the vernacular mode; Epilogue.