Corpus of Anglo-saxon Stone Sculpture - Cheshire and Lancashire

Informationen zum Autor Richard N. Bailey is Emeritus Professor of Anglo-Saxon Civilization at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Klappentext This full analytical catalogue of all known pre-Norman sculptures from this region includes carvings of national and European significance. Much of the work shows an intriguing mixture of Scandinavian-derived motifs alongside Christian iconography, and throws new light on relationships between the settlements around the Irish sea. Zusammenfassung This volume provides a full analytical catalogue of all known pre-Norman sculpture from this region. As little documentary evidence survives from the area, the sculpture is vital to understanding the early development of the Church, the shifting relationships between communities, and the ways in which political affiliations gave access to a variety of cultural centers across England, Ireland, mainland Europe and Scandinavia. Among the significant carvings are the crosses at Sandbach with their elaborate figural sculpture and the delicate carvings from Halton and Hornby in the Lune valley. Much of the work is of the 10th- and 11th-century Viking period, and shows an intriguing mixture of Scandinavian-derived motifs alongside Christian iconography.Introductory chapters set the material within its historical, topographical and art-historical context.

Product details

• Authors: Richard N Bailey, Richard N. Bailey, Richard N. (Emeritus Professor of Anglo-Saxon Civilisation Bailey
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.05.2010
• EAN: 9780197264621
• ISBN: 978-0-19-726462-1
• No. of pages: 320
• 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
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > Middle Ages