Images in Ivory: Precious Objects of the Gothic Age - Rilegato

Detroit Institute Of Arts; Walters Art Gallery (Baltimore, M.D.)

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ISBN 10: 0691016119 ISBN 13: 9780691016115

Casa editrice: Princeton Univ Pr, 1997

Riassunto

The exhibition catalog is the first survey of Gothic ivories in English. It contains essays by seven leading international scholars, including Peter Barnet (Gothic Sculpture in Ivory: An Introduction), Elizabeth Sears (Ivory and Ivory-Workers in Medieval Paris), Richard H. Randall, Jr. (Popular Romances Carved in Ivory), Harvey Stahl (Narrative Structure and Content in Some Gothic Ivories of the Life of Christ), Charles T. Little (Opera Francigeno et Germania: Gothic Ivory Carving in Germany), Danielle Gaborit-Chopin (Polychrome Decoration of Gothic Ivories), and Paul Williamson (Symbiosis across Scale: Gothic Ivories and Culture in Stone and Wood in the Thirteenth Century). Nearly one hundred of the most important examples of Gothic ivory carving from collections in Europe and the United States are catalogued by leading specialists. They are illustrated with mostly new photography and collateral photographs where appropriate.

The publication conveys to the reader the major changes that occurred in art and society during the Gothic period and the rise of ivory carving for both religious and secular purposes. Organized chronologically, the catalog tells the story of the development of this art form; the people who carved, commissioned, and made use of ivories in the Middle Ages; and the impact historical developments had on the growth and eventual demise of the art form.

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Contenuti

	Foreword
	Acknowledgments
	Images in Ivory Essays
I	Gothic Sculpture in Ivory: An Introduction	2
II	Ivory and Ivory Workers in Medieval Paris	18
III	Symbiosis across Scale: Gothic Ivories and Sculpture in Stone and Wood in the Thirteenth Century	38
IV	The Polychrome Decoration of Gothic Ivories	46
V	Popular Romances Carved in Ivory	62
VI	Gothic Ivory Carving in Germany	80
VII	Narrative Structure and Content in Some Gothic Ivories of the Life of Christ	94
	Catalogue of the Exhibition
	The First Gothic Ivories (nos. 1-17)	115
	Paris and Other Centers: Devotional Objects (nos. 18-50)	147
	Secular Objects and the Romance Tradition (nos. 51-64)	217
	New Developments in Ivory and Bone Carving (nos. 65-79)	249
	Epilogue: Pastiches, Revivals, Forgeries, and Open Questions (nos. 80-93)	279
	Bibliography	308
	Index	321

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Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Princeton Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1997
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0691016119
• ISBN 13: 9780691016115
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 332
• Redattore: Barnet Peter
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile