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Medieval Western

Studies in Romanesque Sculpture

by George Zarnecki

24 x 17 cm 448 pp. 330 illus.
£150.00
Publication: 1979
ISBN 0 907132 01 1
Buckram Bound

Professor Zarnecki is the leading authority on English medieval sculpture. The present volume has assembled his major articles on Romanesque art published before 1979. These studies are primarily concerned with the changes that took place in English sculpture during the eleventh and twelfth centuries, and attempt to set developments in English art over this period within a European context. The volume also deals with Romanesque sculpture in France and Italy, together with metalwork and woodcarving in England, and includes a number of important iconographical studies.

The author has up-dated his earlier studies to incorporate the results of subsequent research, and has augmented several studies with added bibliographical notes or references to more recent discoveries. Additional illustrations have been added where necessary, including photographs of a number of monuments which were previously unpublished.

Contents

Preface
1066 and Architectural Sculpture
The Winchester Acanthus in Romanesque Sculpture
English 12th-century Sculpture and its Resistance to St. Denis
The Transition from Romanesque to Gothic in English Sculpture
The Coronation of the Virgin on a Capital at Reading Abbey
Romanesque Arches decorated with Human and Animal Heads
A Romanesque Bronze Candlestick in Oslo and the Problem of the 'Belts of Strength'
La Sculpture à Payerne
A Sculptured Head attributed to the Maître de Cabestany in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
A Late Romanesque Fountain from Campania
The Faussett Pavilion: the King Canute Relief
The Chichester Reliefs
The West Doorway of the Temple Church in London
A 12th-century Column-figure of the Standing Virgin from Minster-in-Sheppey
Romanesque Sculpture at Lincoln Cathedral
Two Late 12th-century Reliefs in York Minster
The Romanesque Capitals in the South Transept of Worcester Cathedral
The Newent Funerary Tablet
A Romanesque Casket from Canterbury in Florence
A Group of English Medieval Door-knockers
A List of Publications by Professor Zarnecki
Index