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Overview"The cathedral of Saint-Pierre in Beauvais, France, is most famous as a failure--its choir vaults came crashing down in 1284--and only secondarily for its soaring beauty. This lavishly illustrated and elegantly written book represents the first serious look at the stunning collection of Gothic stained glass windows that has always dominated the experience of those who enter Beauvais Cathedral. Chapter by chapter, Michael Cothren traces the glazing through four successive campaigns that bridged the century between the 1240s and the 1340s. The reader is transported back in history, gaining fascinating insight into what the glazing of Beauvais actually would have looked like as well as what it would have communicated to those who frequented the cathedral. Contrary to the widespread assumption that these windows are heavily restored, Cothren shows that they are in fact surprisingly well preserved, especially in light of the cathedral's infamous history of architectural disaster.More importantly, Cothren goes far to dismantle a long-held misconception about medieval painted windows, and indeed monumental medieval pictorial art in general: the notion that it was conceived and produced as a substitute text for ignorant, illiterate folks, providing for them a ""Bible of the Poor. "" Indeed, Cothren shows us that stained glass windows, rich with shaded meanings, functioned more like sermon than scripture. As an ensemble, they created a radiant interpretive backdrop that explicated and situated the performance of the Mass in this giant liturgical theater." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Michael W. CothrenPublisher: Princeton University Press Imprint: Princeton University Press Dimensions: Width: 21.60cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 27.90cm Weight: 1.531kg ISBN: 9780691120805ISBN 10: 0691120803 Pages: 296 Publication Date: 22 May 2006 Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Professional & Vocational , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: Awaiting stock  Language: English Table of ContentsPreface xi Introduction 1 CHAPTER I: The First Campaign Glazing the Virgin Chapel during the 1240s 5 CHAPTER II: The Second Campaign The Original Glazing of the Upper Choir, ca. 1255-1265 101 CHAPTER III: The Third Campaign Post-Collapse Repair and Refurbishment in Chapels during the 1290s 125 CHAPTER IV: The Fourth Campaign Restorers and Creators, Working Upstairs and Down in the 1340s 151 CONCLUSION 193 APPENDIX A: Transformation and Restoration of the Medieval Glazing: A Brief History 201 APPENDIX B: Stained Glass from the Saint-John Chapel, Now in the Musee de Picardie, Amiens 207 APPENDIX C: The Houses of Roche Guyon and the Chatelains of Beauvais in the Fourteenth Century 213 NOTES 215 BIBLIOGRAPHY 255 index 267 PHOTOGRAPH AND ILLUSTRATION credits 277Reviews[T]his is a splendid selection of both archival and recent photographs that provides excellent visual documentation... [T]his book ... without a doubt constitutes the most accessible scholarly study of the 13th- and 14th- century glazing of Beauvais Cathedral to date and is likely long to remain so... Cothren hs not only worked out the chronology of the glas brilliantly; he presents it here with admirable clarity. -- James Bugslag, Journal of Stained Glass Cothren's agility in choosing the appropriate means with which to tease out a possible solution to a given problem allows him to embrace the multifaceted approach crucial to an understanding of the monument as a whole. His visual observations of the figural as well as physiognomic style in each window, carried out on a microanalytic level, elicit questions and suggestions that lead to the most complete investigation of the glazing program of Beauvais up to the present time. -- Mary Weitzel Gibbons, Church History [T]his is a splendid selection of both archival and recent photographs that provides excellent visual documentation... [T]his book ... without a doubt constitutes the most accessible scholarly study of the 13th- and 14th- century glazing of Beauvais Cathedral to date and is likely long to remain so... Cothren hs not only worked out the chronology of the glas brilliantly; he presents it here with admirable clarity. -- James Bugslag, Journal of Stained Glass Cothren's agility in choosing the appropriate means with which to tease out a possible solution to a given problem allows him to embrace the multifaceted approach crucial to an understanding of the monument as a whole. His visual observations of the figural as well as physiognomic style in each window, carried out on a microanalytic level, elicit questions and suggestions that lead to the most complete investigation of the glazing program of Beauvais up to the present time. -- Mary Weitzel Gibbons, Church History Cothren's agility in choosing the appropriate means with which to tease out a possible solution to a given problem allows him to embrace the multifaceted approach crucial to an understanding of the monument as a whole. His visual observations of the figural as well as physiognomic style in each window, carried out on a microanalytic level, elicit questions and suggestions that lead to the most complete investigation of the glazing program of Beauvais up to the present time. --Mary Weitzel Gibbons, Church History [T]his is a splendid selection of both archival and recent photographs that provides excellent visual documentation. . . . [T]his book . . . without a doubt constitutes the most accessible scholarly study of the 13th- and 14th- century glazing of Beauvais Cathedral to date and is likely long to remain so. . . . Cothren hs not only worked out the chronology of the glas brilliantly; he presents it here with admirable clarity. --James Bugslag, Journal of Stained Glass [T]his is a splendid selection of both archival and recent photographs that provides excellent visual documentation... [T]his book ... without a doubt constitutes the most accessible scholarly study of the 13th- and 14th- century glazing of Beauvais Cathedral to date and is likely long to remain so... Cothren hs not only worked out the chronology of the glas brilliantly; he presents it here with admirable clarity. -- James Bugslag Journal of Stained Glass Author InformationMichael W. Cothren is Professor of Art History at Swarthmore College and consultative curator at the Glencairn Museum, home to one of the most distinguished collections of medieval stained glass in the United States. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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