Medieval Art: Recent Perspectives
Department
Medieval Studies
Document Type
Book
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Description
Commemorates the art historian C.R. Dodwell with a collection of essays by leading scholars. Variously reporting new discoveries, reinterpreting major artefacts and contributing to current theoretical debate, the essays combine to provide a perspective on a selection of topics. The areas covered include: the iconography of the Virgin Mary in Anglo-Saxon sculpture and manuscript illumination; narrative technique in the Bayeux Tapestry; the representation of perspective in the Bayeux Tapestry; English Romanesque stone sculpture and stained glass; 12th-century changes in dress fashion; late-12th-century aesthetics as reflected in descriptions of earlier artefacts; programmatic unity in the decoration of the late-medieval church; Islamic influence on frescoes by the brothers Salimbeni; and the role of nationalism in shaping approaches to medieval art. The book also provides an assessment of C.R. Dodwell's achievement in restoring Lambeth Palace Library during the 1950s.
Call number in WMU's library
N5970 .M42 1998
ISBN
978-0719049927
Publication Date
1998
Publisher
Manchester University Press
City
Manchester
Disciplines
Medieval Studies
Citation for published book
Owen-Crocker, Graham, Owen-Crocker, Gale R, & Graham, Timothy. (1998). Medieval art : Recent perspectives : A memorial tribute to C.R. Dodwell / edited by Gale R. Owen-Crocker and Timothy Graham.
Recommended Citation
Owen-Crocker, Gale R. and Graham, Timothy, "Medieval Art: Recent Perspectives" (1998). All Books and Monographs by WMU Authors. 556.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/books/556