Picturing the Celestial City : the medieval stained glass of Beauvais Cathedral / Michael W. Cothren.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cothren, Michael Watt.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Glass painting and staining, Gothic--France--Beauvais.

Glass painting and staining, Gothic.

Glass painting and staining--France--Beauvais.

Glass painting and staining.

Christian art and symbolism--France--Beauvais--Medieval, 500-1500.

Christian art and symbolism.

Cathédrale Saint-Pierre (Beauvais, France).

France--Beauvais.

Physical Description:

xii, 276 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 29 cm

Place of Publication:

Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2006]

Contents:

Preface

Introduction

The first campaign: glazing the Virgin Chapel during the 1240s

The second campaign: The original glazing of the Upper Choir, ca. 1255-1265

The third campaign: post-collapse repair and refurbishment in chapels during the 1290s

The fourth campaign: restorers and creators, working upstairs and down in the 1340s

Conclusion

Appendix A: Transformation and restoration of the medieval glazing: a brief history

Appendix B: Stained glass from the Saint-John Chapel, now in the Musée de Picardie, Amiens

Appendix C: The houses of Roche Guyon and the Chatelains of Beauvais in the fourteenth century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [255]-265) and index.

ISBN:

0691120803

OCLC:

62307766

Publisher Number:

9780691120805