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Parish Church Treasures: The Nation´s Greatest Art Collection
Dr John Goodall
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Description for Parish Church Treasures: The Nation´s Greatest Art Collection
Hardcover. An elegantly illustrated guide to the largely unrecognized treasures of England's remarkable parish churches, "the supreme treasury of English vernacular art and memory." Illustrator(s): Barker, Paul. Num Pages: 304 pages, Full colour photographs throughout (9 full page images per chapter with a long caption fo. BIC Classification: 1DBK; AGR; AMX; HRCC2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 243 x 27. Weight in Grams: 892.
Our parish churches constitute a living patrimony without precise European parallel. Their cultural riches are astonishing, not only for their quality and quantity, but also their diversity and interest. Fine art and architecture here combine unpredictably with the functional, the curious and the naïve, from prehistory to the present day, to form an unsung national museum which presents its contents in an everyday setting without curators or formal displays. Because church treasures usually remain in the buildings they were created for, properly interpreted they tell from thousands of local perspectives the history of the nation, its people and their changing ... Read more
Our parish churches constitute a living patrimony without precise European parallel. Their cultural riches are astonishing, not only for their quality and quantity, but also their diversity and interest. Fine art and architecture here combine unpredictably with the functional, the curious and the naïve, from prehistory to the present day, to form an unsung national museum which presents its contents in an everyday setting without curators or formal displays. Because church treasures usually remain in the buildings they were created for, properly interpreted they tell from thousands of local perspectives the history of the nation, its people and their changing ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781472917638
SKU
V9781472917638
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-15
About Dr John Goodall
Dr John Goodall is an award-winning author and Architectural Editor of Country Life, responsible for the celebrated articles on country houses that feature in the magazine each week. Previously a researcher and historian at English Heritage (where he was involved in the re-launch of their guidebook series and worked on several flagship exhibitions), he has been involved in various television ... Read more
Reviews for Parish Church Treasures: The Nation´s Greatest Art Collection
Truly fascinating … both an art history book and a travel guide
Cotswold Life
Goodall has a superb eye for the exquisite and eccentric detail that makes English parish churches unique in contents and thus in character. His God is truly in the small things as well as the grand.
Sir Simon Jenkins
This is an ... Read more
Cotswold Life
Goodall has a superb eye for the exquisite and eccentric detail that makes English parish churches unique in contents and thus in character. His God is truly in the small things as well as the grand.
Sir Simon Jenkins
This is an ... Read more