Roger Rosewell

Medieval Wall Paintings (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The medieval wall paintings that remain in English churches are for the most part shadows of their former selves - the rare fragments of this beautiful art to have survived not only the Reformation but also successive waves of iconoclastic zeal and unsympathetic restoration. The whitewashed walls of most parish churches belie the riot of colour and decoration that once adorned them, but the remnants of paintings tucked into corners or rescued from later layers of paint help us to understand the role of art in medieval religion. Roger Rosewell here offers a guide to the role played by medieval wall paintings, as religious, didactic and commemorative works of art, telling the stories of those who created them and those who used them on a daily basis. He also compares and contrasts religious and domestic wall paintings, using beautiful colour photography throughout.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 96
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Februar 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780747814566
• Artikelnr.: 40421392

Autorenporträt

Roger Rosewell is the News and Features Editor of Vidimus, the international online magazine about medieval stained glass. Educated at St Edmund Hall, Oxford University, he is the author of an award-winning study of medieval wall paintings and is a member of the Royal Photographic Society.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
The Painted Church
The Purpose of Wall Paintings
The Subjects: The Bible and Saints
The Subjects: Death and Judgement
The Subjects: Pieties and Transgressions
Text and Other Subjects
Making Wall Paintings
Reformation and Afterwards
Domestic Wall Paintings
Survival and Conservation
Further Reading
Gazeteer
Index