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Shaping Sacred Space and Institutional Identity in Romanesque Mural Painting: Essays in Honour of Otto Demus
Thomas E.A. Dale
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Hardcover. Romanesque mural painting was arguably the most visible field for religious images in Western churches between the eleventh and thirteenth centuries. Num Pages: 356 pages, 243 illus. BIC Classification: AFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 176 x 24. Weight in Grams: 952.
Romanesque mural painting was arguably the most visible field for religious images in Western churches between the eleventh and thirteenth centuries. Beyond its traditional justification as Bible of the illiterate mural painting demarcated the principal functional spaces within the church and propagated the sacred narratives, the systems of belief and institutional politics.
The present volume provides the first accessible collection of essays devoted exclusively to the contextual interpretation of Romanesque mural painting. They are offered in homage to Otto Demus, who established the essential parameters for the field with his unsurpassed survey of the field over thirty ... Read more
Romanesque mural painting was arguably the most visible field for religious images in Western churches between the eleventh and thirteenth centuries. Beyond its traditional justification as Bible of the illiterate mural painting demarcated the principal functional spaces within the church and propagated the sacred narratives, the systems of belief and institutional politics.
The present volume provides the first accessible collection of essays devoted exclusively to the contextual interpretation of Romanesque mural painting. They are offered in homage to Otto Demus, who established the essential parameters for the field with his unsurpassed survey of the field over thirty ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Pindar Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781899828425
SKU
V9781899828425
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