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Author:   Vibeke Olson ,  Dr. Jennifer M. Feltman
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Edition:   New edition
Volume:   7
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.657kg
ISBN:  

9780754662464

ISBN 10:   0754662462
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   28 February 2011
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Contents: Preface; Introduction, William W. Clark, Georgia Sommers Wright and Nancy Wu; Part I The Science and Technology of Limestone: Analysis, Geology and Conservation: Medieval limestone by the numbers, Lore L. Holmes and Garman Harbottle with Annie Blanc; Orphan heads: Notre-Dame and Saint-Jacques-aux Pèlerins in Paris and Saint-Pierre at Jumièges, Georgia Sommers Wright with Lore L. Holmes and Garman Harbottle; Limestone, Lincoln cathedral and neutron activation analysis: pushing the methodological envelope, Thomas Russo, Lore L. Holmes and Garman Harbottle; Stone from medieval churches located to the south and east of Paris, Annie Blanc and Jean-Pierre Gély; Building stones at Saint-Denis from its beginnings to the 18th century, Jean-Pierre Gély and Michaël Wyss; Treatment techniques for the conservation of limestone monuments, Jonathan Hoyte. Part II The Technology and Art of Limestone: Industry, Labor and Design: Use and non-use of limestone in Romanesque Burgundy: the example of Autun, Walter Berry; On the road again: limestone sculpture in 12th-century France, Janet Snyder; The whole is the sum of its parts: standardizing medieval limestone production, Vibeke Olsen; Masons and their materials in medieval Ireland, Roger Stalley; Discipline and freedom in the shaping of stone: the interface of architecture, structure and sculpture late in the Middle Ages, Nigel Hiscock; Index.

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'The volume makes a fine contribution to an area of investigation that has long been neglected or addressed only to specialists, but which is becoming both welcome and useful to a wider audience.' Charles T Little, Metropolitan Museum of Art, in caa.reviews 'Working with Limestone is a useful compendium of recent technical investigations of Romanesque and Gothic limestone sculpture and architecture.' Technology & Culture

Author Information

Vibeke Olson is Associate Professor in the Department of Art and Art History, University of North Carolina, Wilmington, USA William W. Clark, Georgia Sommers Wright, Nancy Wu, Lore L. Holmes, Garman Harbottle,Annie Blanc, Jean-Pierre Gely, Michael Wyss, Jonathan Hoyte, Walter Berry, Janet Snyder, Vibeke Olsen, Roger Stalley, Nigel Hiscock.

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