Armor of Light - Stained Glass in Western France, 1250-1325

"Stimulates the reader to a fresh understanding of well-known monuments and also introduces a great deal of material unknown even to the specialist."--Stephen Murray, Columbia University

About the author

Meredith Parsons Lillich is Professor of Fine Arts at Syracuse University in New York and the author of "The Stained Glass of Saint-Pere de Chartres" (1978).

Summary

Illustrated with many images never before published, including many from French churches now closed to the public, this study examines the stained glass produced during the late Capetian era in western France. It identifies painters, glazing shops, working methods, models and sources.

Product details

• Authors: Meredith P. Lillich
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.11.1994
• EAN: 9780520051867
• ISBN: 978-0-520-05186-7
• No. of pages: 440
• Series: California Studies in the History of Art; California Studies in the History of Art
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history