Medieval Wall Paintings in English and Welsh Churches
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Medieval Wall Paintings in English and Welsh Churches by Roger Rosewell
The first major illustrated study of this unique medieval art form for almost half a century, surveying the images and iconography that made the medieval church a riot of colour.
Perhaps the crowning achievements of the book are the gazetteer, the subject/place guide, and the bibliography which [..] will provide students and tourists with an invaluable and accessible source. Credit too, must go to Boydell for the exemplary and extensive colour illustrations which make this publication really stand out from the crowd. * CHURCH ARCHAEOLOGY *
Put simply, if you want to know more about medieval church wall paintings than the brief descriptions contained in the average church guide then this is the book to have. [...] The whole of the book is both a joy and an inspiration. * NORFOLK MEDIEVAL GRAFFITI SURVEY *
An enticing introduction to a fascinating subject, a visual feast with an eminently readable text. [It] will be valuable to scholars and students of church architecture alike. * ECCLESIOLOGY TODAY *
A magnificent paperback edition [and] an indispensable guide not just to the works' artistic value but to its theological importance. * THE CONTEMPORARY REVIEW *
This is a thorough and richly illustrated guide to an art form many travelers know little about. [...] All in all, I highly recommend Medieval Wall Paintings in English and Welsh Churches to anyone interested in the Middle Ages, art, or travel in England in Wales. It's the perfect mixture of art, history, and guidebook, something I wish the travel industry would give us more of. * GADLING BLOG, AOL TRAVEL *
It requires enormous effort of the imagination to envisage how our churches must have looked when every surface was covered with crowded, bright, sometimes very beautiful [...] paintings. This book is the best possible guide to those pre-Reformation times. * SUFFOLK VIEW *
Put simply, if you want to know more about medieval church wall paintings than the brief descriptions contained in the average church guide then this is the book to have. [...] The whole of the book is both a joy and an inspiration. * NORFOLK MEDIEVAL GRAFFITI SURVEY *
An enticing introduction to a fascinating subject, a visual feast with an eminently readable text. [It] will be valuable to scholars and students of church architecture alike. * ECCLESIOLOGY TODAY *
A magnificent paperback edition [and] an indispensable guide not just to the works' artistic value but to its theological importance. * THE CONTEMPORARY REVIEW *
This is a thorough and richly illustrated guide to an art form many travelers know little about. [...] All in all, I highly recommend Medieval Wall Paintings in English and Welsh Churches to anyone interested in the Middle Ages, art, or travel in England in Wales. It's the perfect mixture of art, history, and guidebook, something I wish the travel industry would give us more of. * GADLING BLOG, AOL TRAVEL *
It requires enormous effort of the imagination to envisage how our churches must have looked when every surface was covered with crowded, bright, sometimes very beautiful [...] paintings. This book is the best possible guide to those pre-Reformation times. * SUFFOLK VIEW *
Roger Rosewell is one of the leading experts on stained glass in Britain. He is the News and Features Editor of Vidimus, the free online magazine about stained glass published monthly by the Corpus Vitrearum Medii Aevi (GB Committee), part of an international organisation of art historians and conservators who work to save Europe's precious heritage of stained glass.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781843834847 |
| ISBN 10 | 1843834847 |
| Title | Medieval Wall Paintings in English and Welsh Churches |
| Author | Roger Rosewell |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Boydell & Brewer Ltd |
| Year published | 2011-05-17 |
| Number of pages | 384 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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