Gothic : art for England 1400-1547 / edited by Richard Marks and Paul Williamson
London New York : V & A ; Harry N. Abrams, 2003. First Edition. Fine paperback copy. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #399929
ISBN: 1851774025
Physical description; 496 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 29 cm. 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. Subjects; Victoria and Albert Museum ; Exhibitions. Art, Gothic England ; Exhibitions. Architecture, Gothic England ; Exhibitions. Architecture, Medieval England ; Exhibitions. Architecture, Late Gothic England ; Exhibitions.
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