Describes the creation of paintings in medieval churches, discusses the artists and their influences, and examines the social and economic context within which the medieval painters worked
In this richly illustrated volume, Paul Binski provides an absorbing account of the social, theological, and cultural issues involved in death and dying in Europe from the end of the Roman Empire to the early sixteenth century.
Paul Binski examines long-standing misconceptions about the way viewers responded to medieval architecture across Western Europe and in Byzantine and Arabic culture between late antiquity and the end of the medieval period.
This book - the study of Westminster Abbey in more than fifty years - places the Abbey's physical and artistic growth in the context of the political and religious culture of its time.
Pre-publication title: The heroic age of Gothic invention.
Los pintores trabajaban tanto para ilustrar la doctrina de la Iglesia Católica como para embellecer la casa de Dios, pero conforme se iba expandiendo la economía medieval también dedicaron sus habilidades a la decoración de la ...
The first part of this book is a personal account of the process of restoring the cathedral after a devastating fire in November 2001, illustrated with color photographs.
Paul Binski’s fascinating new book offers a radical new perspective on English art, architecture, social formation, and religious imagination during this pivotal period.
(East Anglian) The 14th-century panel painting discovered in 1927 in a stable at Thornham Hall in Suffolk was one of the most remarkable finds this century in the field of medieval English painting.