The Medieval Stained Glass of Cheshire - Corpus Vitrearum Medii Aevi, Great Britain Book 9

Klappentext This is a catalogue of the pre-Gothic Revival stained glass found at 50 sites in Cheshire. Highlights include windows demonstrating the Elizabethan religious settlement, a commemoration of the English Civil War, and 17th-century quarries depicting subjects such as English monarchs, classical sibyls, military drill and menial occupations. Zusammenfassung This is a catalogue of the pre-Gothic Revival stained glass found at 50 sites in Cheshire. Many of these are churches, but there are also domestic residences and other buildings.Highlights include an important 14th-century regional workshop, probably based in Chester, whose output survives at 9 sites in the county; 16th-century armorials and donors; a fascinating window of 1581 at High Legh which demonstrates the Elizabethan religious settlement; a unique window commemorating the English Civil War; and a plethora of 17th-century quarries depicting a wide range of subjects such as English monarchs, classical sibyls, military drill and menial occupations. The county's outstanding collections of foreign panels are also catalogued.The stained glass of the neighbouring county of Lancashire appears in CVMA, Great Britain, Summary Catalogue 8, The Medieval Stained Glass of Lancashire. The introduction discusses many aspects of the stained glass of both counties: documentary sources, donors and heraldry, condition, iconography, as well as examining the style and techniques used by the glass-painters.This catalogue will be essential for scholars and students of the history of medieval and early modern art, and for all those interested in the social and religious history of Tudor and Stuart Cheshire.

Product details

• Authors: Penny Hebgin-Barnes, Penny (Member of the British CVMA Committee) Hebgin-Barnes, Hebgin-Barnes Penny
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.09.2010
• EAN: 9780197264690
• ISBN: 978-0-19-726469-0
• No. of pages: 642
• Dimensions: 225 mm x 307 mm x 40 mm
• Series: Corpus Vitrearum Medii Aevi, Great Britain; Corpus Vitrearum Medii Aevi, Great Britain
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; History, HISTORY / General, Medieval History, History of Art, History of art & design styles: c 1400 to c 1600, History of art: Byzantine & Medieval art c 500 CE to c 1400, Local History, c 1000 CE to c 1500, 15th century, c 1400 to c 1499, c 500 to c 1000 CE, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, Medieval style, ART / History / European / Medieval