Main entry:

Coldstream, Nicola.

Title & Author:

The decorated style : architecture and ornament, 1240-1360 / Nicola Coldstream.

Publication:

Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, ©1994.

Description:

208 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm.

Series:

Medieval craftsmen

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 202-204) and index.
Prologue: The Decorated Style -- Ch. 1. Illuminated Architecture. Antecedents. Westminster Abbey. Continuity and response. Decoration and ornament. Imagery and illusionism -- Ch. 2. Kingdom, Land and People -- Ch. 3. Mind and Spirit. The new buildings. Relics, shrines and tombs. The cult of the Virgin. The Resurrection and the Passion. Image and reality. Naturalism and signs. Heraldry and colour. Chivalry -- Ch. 4. The Patrons. Royal patrons. Church and laity. The Church: the bishops; the lesser clergy. The laity: the higher nobility; the lesser nobility, knights and gentry; the urban patriciate -- Ch. 5. Craftsmen and Administrators. The architects. The building administrator. Collaboration. Stylistic exchange.

Summary:

Nine essays represent the integration of military history with the broader concerns of historians, suggesting that the military history of the Middle Ages was more dynamic than previously thought if studied within a socio-political context of transformation. Specifically, the essays deal with various topics: mottes and town defenses, knights and esquires, the English Templars, Erasmus, Sir Wiliam Pelham, Josse Clichtove, and the Dutch Republic. The editors are British academics, but biographies of the contributing authors are not supplied. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.

ISBN:

0802007007
9780802007001

Subject:

Architecture, Gothic Decorated style.
Architecture, Medieval England.
Decoration and ornament, Gothic England.
Church architecture England.
Architecture, Gothic England.
Architecture gothique Angleterre.
Décoration et ornement gothiques Angleterre.
Architecture gothique Style orné.
Architecture médiévale Angleterre.
Architecture chrétienne Angleterre.
Decorated Style.
Architecture, Gothic
Architecture, Medieval
Church architecture
Decoration and ornament, Gothic
Bauornament
Decorated style
Ornament
Sakralbau
Ästhetik
Architecture, Gothic Great Britain.
Church architecture Great Britain.
Decoration and ornament, Gothic Great Britain.
England
Großbritannien
Geschichte 1240-1360

Added entries:

Medieval craftsmen.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 108478
Call No.: ID NA963.C68.D29; ID:94-B3014
Status: Available