Medieval Wall Paintings by Roger Rosewell
What medieval wall paintings remain in English churches tend to be shadows of their former selves - rare fragments of art that have survived not only the Reformation, but successive waves of iconoclastic zeal and unsympathetic restoration. The whitewashed walls of most parish churches belie the riot of color 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 and uses beautiful color photography throughout to illustrate the story.-
The 1930s Home
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Fashion in the Time of Jane Austen
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Walled Kitchen Gardens
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The Arts and Crafts Garden
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Thames Mudlarking
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Medieval Tiles
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The 1960s Home
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English Drinking Glasses 16751825
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Sentimental Jewellery
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Bletchley Park
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Dry Stone Walls
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British Fossils
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Bricks and Brickmaking
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The Victorian Asylum
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The 1950s Home
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Capability Brown and the English Landscape Garden
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Coin Finds in Britain
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Fashion in the 1940s
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Stained Glass
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Old Letter Boxes
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William De Morgan
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Canal Arts and Crafts
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Making Craft Cider
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The 1940s Home
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Buttons
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The Victorian Home
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Land Rover
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Beauty and Cosmetics 1550 to 1950
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Longcase Clocks
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Railway Posters
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British Sheep Breeds
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Bells and Bellringing
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The Merchant Navy
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Looms and Weaving
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Church Misericords and Bench Ends
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The Victorian Workhouse
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Ancient Woodland
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Gertrude Jekyll
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The Victorian Cemetery
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Gargoyles and Grotesques
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Witches and Witchcraft
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British Railways in the 1950s and 60s
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Art Deco Ceramics
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The Victorian Garden
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The NHS
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Corgi Toys
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.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780747812937 |
| ISBN 10 | 0747812934 |
| Title | Medieval Wall Paintings |
| Author | Roger Rosewell |
| Series | Shire Library |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Year published | 2014-02-10 |
| Number of pages | 96 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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