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The Gothic Screen: Space, Sculpture, and Community in the Cathedrals of France and Germany, ca.1200–1400
Jacqueline E. Jung
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hardcover. This book reveals how Gothic choir screens, through their architecture and sculpture, were vital vehicles of communication and shapers of community within the Christian church. Num Pages: 328 pages, 180 b/w illus. 30 colour illus. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1DFG; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1; HRCC2. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 285 x 223 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1394. Space, Sculpture, and Community in the Cathedrals of France and Germany, CA.1200-1400. 298 pages, 180 b/w illus. 30 colour illus. Reveals how Gothic choir screens, through their architecture and sculpture, were vital vehicles of communication and shapers of community within the Christian church. Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1DFG; 3H; HBJD; HBLC1; HRCC2. Dimension: 285 x 223 x 21. Weight: 1178.
At the heart of Gothic cathedrals, the threshold between nave and sanctuary was marked by the choir screen, a partitioning structure of special complexity, grandeur, and beauty. At once a canopy for altars, a stage for performance, a pedestal for crucifixes and reliquaries, and a ground for spectacular arrays of narrative and iconic sculptures, the choir screen profoundly shaped the spaces of liturgy and social interaction for the diverse communities, both clerical and lay, who shared the church interior. For the first time, this book draws together the most important examples - some fully extant, others known through fragments and ... Read more
At the heart of Gothic cathedrals, the threshold between nave and sanctuary was marked by the choir screen, a partitioning structure of special complexity, grandeur, and beauty. At once a canopy for altars, a stage for performance, a pedestal for crucifixes and reliquaries, and a ground for spectacular arrays of narrative and iconic sculptures, the choir screen profoundly shaped the spaces of liturgy and social interaction for the diverse communities, both clerical and lay, who shared the church interior. For the first time, this book draws together the most important examples - some fully extant, others known through fragments and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
298
Condition
New
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107022959
SKU
V9781107022959
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About Jacqueline E. Jung
Jacqueline E. Jung is Assistant Professor of Medieval Art and Architecture in the Department of History of Art at Yale University, Connecticut. She is the author of articles in The Art Bulletin, Gesta, and numerous anthologies and catalogs both in the United States and Germany, as well as the translator of several seminal art historical writings, most notably Aloïs Riegl's ... Read more
Reviews for The Gothic Screen: Space, Sculpture, and Community in the Cathedrals of France and Germany, ca.1200–1400
"Recommended." Choice "This book has been long awaited and it does not disappoint in the breadth and richness of its exposition … [U]ndoubtedly it will become a standard reference for studies of both the built environment and iconography of the Middle Ages." The Medieval Review "The Gothic Screen makes stimulating reading for students and scholars, pointing ... Read more