English Gothic Misericord Carvings - History from the Bottom Up

English Gothic Misericord Carvings: History from the Bottom Up by Betsy Chunko-Dominguez is the first book to move beyond textual dependence and traditional iconographic analysis when examining misericords. It likewise builds the most thorough discussion to date of the relationship between the misericord's several potential audiences - including patron, craftsman, occupant of the seat, and modern viewer.
Beyond the bounds of misericord studies, there are implications here for study of the relationship between center and margin in late medieval art; and, indeed, what constitutes 'center' and 'margin' as conceptual realms. Ultimately, this book attempts both to re-integrate the study of misericords into the study of Gothic art in general, and to re-center them in relation to our understanding of late medieval culture.

About the author

Betsy Chunko-Dominguez, Ph.D. (2012), University of Virginia, is Professor of Art History at the Savannah College of Art and Design. Her research focuses on forms of late medieval marginalia.

Product details

• Authors: Betsy Chunko-Dominguez
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.03.2017
• EAN: 9789004341180
• ISBN: 978-90-04-34118-0
• No. of pages: 204
• Dimensions: 164 mm x 246 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 430 g
• Series: Art and Material Culture in Me
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > Middle Ages