A Companion to Medieval Art: Romanesque and Gothic in Northern Europe

Copyright © 2006 by Blackwell Publishing Ltd

A Companion to Medieval Art: Romanesque and Gothic in Northern Europe

Editor(s): Conrad Rudolph

Published Online: 23 JAN 2008

Print ISBN: 9781405102865

Online ISBN: 9780470996997

DOI: 10.1002/9780470996997

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A Companion to Medieval Art brings together cutting-edge scholarship devoted to the Romanesque and Gothic traditions in Northern Europe.

  • Brings together cutting-edge scholarship devoted to the Romanesque and Gothic traditions in Northern Europe.
  • Contains over 30 original theoretical, historical, and historiographic essays by renowned and emergent scholars.
  • Covers the vibrancy of medieval art from both thematic and sub-disciplinary perspectives.
  • Features an international and ambitious range - from reception, Gregory the Great, collecting, and pilgrimage art, to gender, patronage, the marginal, spolia, and manuscript illumination.

Table of contents

    1. You have free access to this content
      Frontmatter (pages i–xxii)

    2. Chapter 1

      Introduction: A Sense of Loss: An Overview of the Historiography of Romanesque and Gothic Art (pages 1–43)

      Conrad Rudolph

    3. Chapter 2

      Vision (pages 44–64)

      Cynthia Hahn

    4. Chapter 3

      Reception of Images by Medieval Viewers (pages 65–85)

      Madeline Harrison Caviness

    5. Chapter 4

      Narrative (pages 86–105)

      Suzanne Lewis

    6. Chapter 5

      Formalism (pages 106–127)

      Linda Seidel

    7. Chapter 6

      Gender and Medieval Art (pages 128–150)

      Brigitte Kurmann-Schwarz

    8. Chapter 7

      Gregory the Great and Image Theory in Northern Europe during the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries (pages 151–172)

      Herbert L. Kessler

    9. Chapter 8

      Art and Exegesis (pages 173–192)

      Christopher G. Hughes

    10. Chapter 9

      Whodunnit? Patronage, the Canon, and the Problematics of Agency in Romanesque and Gothic Art (pages 193–212)

      Jill Caskey

    11. Chapter 10

      Collecting (and Display) (pages 213–232)

      Pierre Alain Mariaux

    12. Chapter 11

      The Concept of Spolia (pages 233–252)

      Dale Kinney

    13. Chapter 12

      The Monstrous (pages 253–273)

      Thomas E. A. Dale

    14. Chapter 13

      Making Sense of Marginalized Images in Manuscripts and Religious Architecture (pages 274–294)

      Laura Kendrick

    15. Chapter 14

      Romanesque Architecture (pages 295–313)

      Eric Fernie

    16. Chapter 15

      Romanesque Sculpture in Northern Europe (pages 314–333)

      Colum Hourihane

    17. Chapter 16

      Modern Origins of Romanesque Sculpture (pages 334–356)

      Robert A. Maxwell

    18. Chapter 17

      The Historiography of Romanesque Manuscript Illumination (pages 357–381)

      Adam S. Cohen

    19. Chapter 18

      The Study of Gothic Architecture (pages 382–402)

      Stephen Murray

    20. Chapter 19

      Gothic Sculpture from 1150 to 1250 (pages 403–420)

      Martin Büchsel

    21. Chapter 20

      Gothic Manuscript Illustration: The Case of France (pages 421–442)

      Anne D. Hedeman

    22. Chapter 21

      Glazing Medieval Buildings (pages 443–465)

      Elizabeth Carson Pastan

    23. Chapter 22

      Toward a Historiography of the Sumptuous Arts (pages 466–487)

      Brigitte Buettner

    24. Chapter 23

      East Meets West: The Art and Architecture of the Crusader States (pages 488–509)

      Jaroslav Folda

    25. Chapter 24

      Gothic in the East: Western Architecture in Byzantine Lands (pages 510–530)

      Tassos C. Papacostas

    26. Chapter 25

      Architectural Layout: Design, Structure, and Construction in Northern Europe (pages 531–556)

      Marie-Thérèse Zenner

    27. Chapter 26

      Sculptural Programs (pages 557–576)

      Bruno Boerner

    28. Chapter 27

      Cistercian Architecture (pages 577–598)

      Peter Fergusson

    29. Chapter 28

      Art and Pilgrimage: Mapping the Way (pages 599–618)

      Paula Gerson

    30. Chapter 29

      “The Scattered Limbs of the Giant”: Recollecting Medieval Architectural Revivals (pages 619–638)

      Tina Waldeier Bizzarro

    31. Chapter 30

      The Modern Medieval Museum (pages 639–655)

      Michelle P. Brown

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      Index (pages 656–676)

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