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Studies in Burgundian Romanesque sculpture

Studies in Burgundian Romanesque sculpture
Author: Neil Stratford
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1998
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9781899828258

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Romanesque sculpture in Burgundy has always been seen as central to our understanding of the history and culture of 11th and 12th century Europe, standing as it does at a cross-roads between north and south, with its rich agricultural and urban economies out of which grew some of the great monastic settlements of feudal Europe, including of course Cluny and the Cistercians. Neil Stratford has been Keeper of Medieval and Later Antiquities at the British Museum since 1975 and is recognised as a leading authority on Romanesque and Gothic art. Over the last twenty years he has published many articles on Romanesque Burgundy in a number of English and French journals. The most famous sculptures (above all the Cluny apse capitals and the Vezelay tympanum) have been studied, alongside unpublished and little known monuments. These two volumes brings together a selection of these studies, some published in English for the first time and with new photographs. All are updated with brief corrections and new comments from the author.


The Marvellous and the Monstrous in the Sculpture of Twelfth-century Europe

The Marvellous and the Monstrous in the Sculpture of Twelfth-century Europe
Author: Kirk Ambrose
Publisher: Boydell Press
Total Pages: 204
Release: 2013
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1843838311

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Richly-illustrated consideration of the meaning of the carvings of non-human beings, from centaurs to eagles, found in ecclesiastical settings. Representations of monsters and the monstrous are common in medieval art and architecture, from the grotesques in the borders of illuminated manuscripts to the symbol of the "green man", widespread in churches and cathedrals. These mysterious depictions are frequently interpreted as embodying or mitigating the fears symptomatic of a "dark age". This book, however, considers an alternative scenario: in what ways did monsters in twelfth-century sculpture help audiences envision, perhaps even achieve, various ambitions? Using examples of Romanesque sculpture from across Europe, with a focus on France and northern Portugal, the author suggests that medieval representations of monsterscould service ideals, whether intellectual, political, religious, and social, even as they could simultaneously articulate fears; he argues that their material presence energizes works of art in paradoxical, even contradictory ways. In this way, Romanesque monsters resist containment within modern interpretive categories and offer testimony to the density and nuance of the medieval imagination. KIRK AMBROSE is Associate Professor & Chair, Department of Art and Art History, University of Colorado Boulder.


Sculpture

Sculpture
Author: Georges Duby
Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications
Total Pages: 328
Release: 1990
Genre: Architecture
ISBN:

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This treasure of a book presents a comprehensive look at medieval sculpture throughout the whole of Western Europe. A surprising number of masterpieces (first and foremost the great cathedrals) have survived the centuries, and these fragile but powerful works are beautifully illustrated (518 illustrations, 192 in color) and discussed.