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Category : Ivories
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Ivory carvings in early medieval England 700-1200
Author: Ivory Carvings in Early Medieval England
Author: John BeckwithPublisher: Harvey Miller
ISBN: 9780199210077
Category : Ivories
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Ivory carvings are among the most beautiful achievements of medieval art. They reflect not only the deeply religious nature of the medieval world but also express the consummate skill and highly creative minds of those who carved them. The English craftsmen of the Early Middle Ages produced such renowned masterpieces as the Bury St Edmunds Cross and the Lewis Chessmen. John Beckwith provides a definitive study of English ivory carving from 700-1200 AD, which describes and illustrates over 160 carvings. He places the ivories in relation to contemporary illuminated manuscripts and enamel work. Through fascinating and lively portraits of some of the abbots and bishops who were the great patrons of their time, and in particular, Henry of Blois, bishop of Winchester, he places the art form firmly within its historical and cultural context.
Ivory Carvings in Early Medieval England, 700-1200
Author: Arts Council of Great BritainPublisher:
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Category : Ivories
Languages : en
Pages : 100
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Ivory Carvings in Early Medieval England, 700-1200
Author: Arts Council of Great BritainPublisher:
ISBN: 9780728700222
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Languages : en
Pages : 100
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Medieval Ivory Carvings
Author: Paul WilliamsonPublisher:
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 364
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"The first volume of a new catalogue of the Victoria and Albert Museum's collection of medieval ivory carvings, covering the years 400-1200, appeared in 2010. The present two volumes complete the catalogue, taking in every piece carved between about 1200 and 1550; and it is satisfying to report that a further volume, on the post-medieval ivories, was published by my colleague Marjorie Trusted in 2013."--Preface, p. 9.
The Cloisters Cross
Author: Elizabeth C. ParkerPublisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN: 0810964341
Category : Bury Saint Edmunds Cross
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
The subject is an extraordinary 12th-century carved walrus-ivory cross that came into the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Cloisters collection in 1963 and is today the centerpiece of the collection. The authors explore its construction, imagery and inscriptions, the context for its exceptional style and iconography, its theological setting and use in the liturgy, and its place in English Romanesque art. Includes numerous color and black and white photos taken especially for the book. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Ivory Vikings: The Mystery of the Most Famous Chessmen in the World and the Woman Who Made Them
Author: Nancy Marie BrownPublisher: St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 1466879130
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
In the early 1800's, on a Hebridean beach in Scotland, the sea exposed an ancient treasure cache: 93 chessmen carved from walrus ivory. Norse netsuke, each face individual, each full of quirks, the Lewis Chessmen are probably the most famous chess pieces in the world. Harry played Wizard's Chess with them in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. Housed at the British Museum, they are among its most visited and beloved objects. Questions abounded: Who carved them? Where? Nancy Marie Brown's Ivory Vikings explores these mysteries by connecting medieval Icelandic sagas with modern archaeology, art history, forensics, and the history of board games. In the process, Ivory Vikings presents a vivid history of the 400 years when the Vikings ruled the North Atlantic, and the sea-road connected countries and islands we think of as far apart and culturally distinct: Norway and Scotland, Ireland and Iceland, and Greenland and North America. The story of the Lewis chessmen explains the economic lure behind the Viking voyages to the west in the 800s and 900s. And finally, it brings from the shadows an extraordinarily talented woman artist of the twelfth century: Margret the Adroit of Iceland.
Medieval Iconography
Author: John B. FriedmanPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000525104
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
First published in 1998, the present volume aims to help the researcher locate visual motifs, whether in medieval art or in literature, and to understand how they function in yet other medieval literary or artistic works.
An Introduction to Medieval Ivory Carvings
Author: Paul WilliamsonPublisher:
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 58
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The World Before Domesday
Author: Ann WilliamsPublisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1441121188
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Ann Williams' important new book discusses the dynamics of English aristocratic society in a way that has not been explored before. She investigates the rewards and obligations of status including birth, wealth, the importance of public and royal service and the need to participate in local affairs, especially legal and administrative business. This period saw the birth of a 'lesser aristocracy', the ancestors of the English gentry, the power-house of society and politics in the late medieval and early modern periods. Going on to examine the obligations and rewards of lordship and the relations between lords and their men, Williams illustrates how status was displayed and covers the importance of the manorial house, which was at once a home, an estate centre and a symbol of authority and the insignia of rank in weaponry, clothing and personal adornment. The growing gap between the highest rank of society and the lowest, fuelled by underlying economic developments is also covered. In conclusion she considers some of the occupations which symbolized and perpetuated lordly power. Though the upper levels of aristocratic society were swept away by the Norman settlement, the 'lesser aristocracy' had a much higher rate of survival and it was this group who began the manorialization of English society, familiar from the late medieval period.
