Research Catalog

Title

Gothic : art for England 1400-1547 / edited by Richard Marks and Paul Williamson ; assisted by Eleanor Townsend.

Publication

London : V&A ; New York : Distributed by Harry N. Abrams, c2003.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Marks, Richard, 1945-
• Williamson, Paul, 1954-
• Townsend, Eleanor
• Victoria and Albert Museum

Description

496 p. : ill. (chiefly col.); 29 cm.

Summary

"Gothic: Art for England 1400-1547 is the definitive catalogue to a major V & A exhibition celebrating the glories of late medieval English art and architecture. It also provides a compelling introduction to the age, the only publication of such size and scope to cover this important period of English history."--Jacket.

Alternative Title

Art for England 1400-1547

Subjects

• London (2003)
• Ausstellung
• Catalogues d'exposition
• Exhibition catalogs
• exhibition catalogs
• 1400-1599
• Art > England > 16th century > Exhibitions
• Art > England > 15th century > Exhibitions
• Architecture, Gothic > England > Exhibitions
• Art, Gothic > England > Exhibitions

Genre/Form

• v – Exhibition catalogs.
• exhibition catalogs.
• Exhibition catalogs
• Catalogues d'exposition.
• Ausstellung.
• London (2003)

Note

• Catalog of an exhibition held at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 2003.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 466-487) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

I. An Age of Consumption: Art for England c.1400-1547 / Richard Marks -- II. Politics, War and Public Life / John Watts -- III. Kingship and Queenship / Rosemary Horrox -- IV. National and Regional Identities / Derek Keene -- V. Late Medieval Religion / Eamon Duffy -- VI. The Use of Images / Margaret Aston -- VII. England and the Continent: Artistic Relations / Catherine Reynolds -- VIII. Production and Consumption -- Crafts / Nigel Ramsay -- The Commissioning Process / Phillip Lindley -- Immigrant Craftsmen and Imports / Kim Woods -- Regional Production / Nicholas Rogers -- IX. 'Excellent, New and Uniforme': Perpendicular Architecture c.1400-1547 / Christopher Wilson -- X. Music Seen and Music Heard: Music in England c.1400-1547 / Margaret Bent -- XI. Perspectives of the Past: Perceptions of Late Gothic Art in England / Alexandrina Buchanan -- 1. Royal Patronage of the Visual Arts / Christopher Wilson -- 2. Images of Royalty / Rosemary Horrox -- 3. Royal Books / Jenny Stratford -- 4. The Architecture of War / John A.A. Goodall -- 5. The Arts of Combat / Karen Watts -- 6. Ideals of Chivalry, Realities of Conflict / C.S.L. Davies -- 7. The Beauchamps and the Nevilles / Ann Payne -- 8. Two Ecclesiastical Patrons: Archbishop Henry Chichele of Canterbury (1414-43) and Bishop Richard Fox of Winchester (1501-28) / Barrie Dobson -- 9. Lady Margaret Beaufort / Janet Backhouse -- 10. The Urban Landscape / Jane Grenville -- 11. Civic Institutions / Derek Keene -- 12. Merchants / Jenny Kermode -- 13. Domestic Space: Daily Living in the Home / Geoff Egan -- 14. The Table and Feasting / Marian Campbell -- 15. Dress and Adornment / John Cherry -- 16. Private Devotion / Susan Foister -- 17. The Arts of the Great Church / Christopher Wilson -- 18. The Parish Church / Paul Williamson -- 19. Pilgrimage / Eleanor Townsend -- 20. The Art of Death / Paul Binski -- 21. Postscript / Richard Marks.

ISBN

1851774017

OCLC

• 53275393
• SCSB-10831661

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library