Early Gothic Saint-Denis: Restorations and Survivals - Couverture souple

Blum, Pamela Z.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0520073738 ISBN 13 : 9780520073739

Editeur : University of California Press, 1994

Synopsis

When the west facade of France's Royal Abbey of Saint-Denis was restored in the 19th century, critics denounced the restoration as blatantly discordant, proclaiming that the sculptures were ruined and no longer of historical interest. This study counters these earlier assumptions with an examination of archaeological methods. Blum presents convincing evidence for the survival, untouched, of a significant amount of 12th-century Saint-Denis sculpture of the highest quality. Indeed, the well-preserved sculptural passages provide a key to the Early Gothic style as well as revealing the distinct imprints of three artists and their influences on each other. Blum's penetrating analyses of the restorative techniques and materials are accompanied by telling photograph-diagrams that distinguish the original work from that done later.

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À propos de l'auteur

Pamela Z. Blum is a retired historian of medieval art formerly affiliated with the History of Art Departments at Yale University and Columbia University.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of California Press
• Date d'édition: 1994
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0520073738
• ISBN 13: 9780520073739
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 199
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• Personne responsable: non disponible