List of illustrations
Acknowledgements
Preface
Part I. Historiography and the Discourse of Art History: 1. The antiquaries and the rule of taste
2. Art history - nation and place
3. Art history - the period
4. Art history - artists and the theory of art
5. Alternatives
6. In the presence of death
6. Differentiation, replication and portrayal
7. Continuity and separation
8. The Reformation
9. Emotion and mourning
9. Monuments to living people
10. Conclusion
Part II. Form and Design: 1. Regional variation
2. Medieval precedents
3. England and Europe
4. Changes through time
5. The components of design
6. Recumbent figures
7. Standing, kneeling and seated figures
8. Other poses and types
9. Traditional compositions
10. Inscriptions
11. Allegories and histories
12. Decoration, surface and painted finishes
Part III. Building Monuments: 1. Securing and maintaining a place
2. The business of erecting a monument
3. Transportation
4. The tomb-makers and their materials
5. Materials
Part IV. Habits and Skills in Visual Culture: 1. Descriptions
2. Aesthetic and visual categories
3. Hierarchies and dangers
4. Image theory and religious controversy
5. Iconoclasm
6. The defence of monuments
Part V. Exemplifications: 1. Patrons and society
2. Monuments and the state
3. The expression of virtue
Part VI. Conclusion. Four Discourses: 1. The four discourses
2. The architectural frame
3. The effigial body
4. The heraldic sign
5. The inscribed word
6. English art and the exemplary tradition
Notes
Bibliography
Documents and manuscripts in original and published forms
Printed materials
Index.
