×


 x 

Shopping cart
22%OFFPaul Binski - Gothic Wonder: Art, Artifice, and the Decorated Style, 1290–1350 - 9780300204001 - V9780300204001
Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.

Gothic Wonder: Art, Artifice, and the Decorated Style, 1290–1350

€ 52.99
€ 41.35
You save € 11.64!
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for Gothic Wonder: Art, Artifice, and the Decorated Style, 1290–1350 Hardback. Focusing on one of the greatest periods of English art and architecture, this book includes arguments about the role of invention, making and the powers of Gothic art. It locates what became known as the Decorated Style within patterns of commissioning, designing and imagining whose origins lay in pre-Gothic art. Series: The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Num Pages: 448 pages, 175 colour images + 100 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; ACK; AMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 287 x 227 x 37. Weight in Grams: 2166.
In this wide-ranging, eloquent book, Paul Binski sheds new light on one of the greatest periods of English art and architecture, offering ground-breaking arguments about the role of invention and the powers of Gothic art.  His richly documented study locates what became known as the Decorated Style within patterns of commissioning, designing, and imagining whose origins lay in pre-Gothic art.  By examining notions of what was extraordinary, re-evaluating medieval ideas of authorship, and restoring economic considerations to the debate, Binski sets English visual art of the early 14th century in a broad European context and also within the aesthetic discourses ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Series
The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art
Condition
New
Weight
2165g
Number of Pages
452
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300204001
SKU
V9780300204001
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50

About Paul Binski
Paul Binski is professor of the history of medieval art, Cambridge University.

Reviews for Gothic Wonder: Art, Artifice, and the Decorated Style, 1290–1350
Winner of the 2015 Historians of British Art Book Prize for a single-author work relating to a period before 1800.
Book Award
Historians of British Art

Goodreads reviews for Gothic Wonder: Art, Artifice, and the Decorated Style, 1290–1350


Subscribe to our newsletter

News on special offers, signed editions & more!