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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Gameson, Richard. Role of art in the late Anglo-Saxon church. Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1995 (OCoLC)604003917 |
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| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Richard Gameson |
| ISBN: | 0198205414 9780198205418 |
| OCLC Number: | 31331303 |
| Description: | xiii,312 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | 1. The Illustration of Texts -- 2. Inscriptions -- 3. Visual Language: Setting the Scene -- 4. Repetitions of Motif and Image and their Possible Implications -- 5. Pictorial Narrative -- 6. Composition -- 7. Decoration -- 8. Broader Perspectives. |
| Series Title: | Oxford historical monographs. |
| Responsibility: | Richard Gameson. |
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Abstract:
This study explores the role of early medieval religious art in its historical context, focusing on England from the reign of Alfred the Great to the aftermath of the Norman Conquest. Tenth and eleventh-century society expressed itself extensively through visual means, and the surviving material provides a rich body of evidence for the religious culture of the time. Combining visual and documentary evidence, The Role of Art in the Late Anglo-Saxon Church sheds new light on a wide range of magnificent artworks and their functions, and offers fresh perspectives on the ecclesiastical history and beliefs of late Anglo-Saxon England, with important implications for the study of early medieval civilization in general.
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