Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture, Volume X - The Western Midlands

Zusatztext The volume will bring the material from this area to a wider audience and it provides a comprehensive and insightful record and art-historical analysis. Informationen zum Autor Richard Bryant trained in Graphics at Leicester Polytechnic (now Simon de Montfort University). He has acted as Surveyor and Director of Survey for various excavations and as senior illustrator. He was a founder member of the Association of Archaeological Illustrators and Surveyors (now part of the Institute for Archaeology). He is now Director of Past Historic and a specialist illustrator and has been a Non-Stipendiary Anglican Minister since 1993. Klappentext This latest volume records all of the pre-Conquest sculpture in Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Shropshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire at a high scholarly level. The result is of importance not just to specialists but to all who are interested in the development of the church and the history of the early medieval period in these counties. Zusammenfassung This latest volume records all of the pre-Conquest sculpture in Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Shropshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire at a high scholarly level. The result is of importance not just to specialists but to all who are interested in the development of the church and the history of the early medieval period in these counties. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Earlier Research II: Historical Introduction III: Regional Geology IV: The Distribution of the Sculpture V: Monument Types (Forms) VI: Ornamental Repertoire (to AD 900) VII: Ornamental Repertoire (to AD 900-1100) VIII: Figural Imagery IX: Sculpture recovered from Archaeological or Early Structural Contexts X: Examination and Analysis of the Deerhurs Polychromy XI: Conclusions Catalogue Gloucestershire Herefordshire Shropshire Warwickshire Worcestershire Form and Motif Table

Product details

• Authors: Richard Bryant
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.10.2012
• EAN: 9780197265154
• ISBN: 978-0-19-726515-4
• No. of pages: 620
• Series: Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sc; Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture; Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture; Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sc
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity; Europe, European History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, ART / European, Medieval History, Archaeology, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Non-graphic art forms, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, Archaeology by period / region, European history: medieval period, middle ages, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, Medieval European archaeology, Non-graphic and electronic art forms