Stone Fidelity

Stone Fidelity
Author :
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Total Pages : 356
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781783272716
ISBN-13 : 1783272716
Rating : 4/5 (16 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Stone Fidelity by : Jessica Barker

Download or read book Stone Fidelity written by Jessica Barker and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2020 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Medieval tombs often depict husband and wife lying side-by-side: demonstrating, as in the words of Philip Larkin's poem An Arundel Tomb, their "stone fidelity". This is the first book to address the phenomenon of the "double tomb", drawing the rich history of tomb sculpture into dialogue with discourses of power, marriage, gender and emotion, and placing them in the context of ecclesastical material culture of the time more broadly. It offers new interpretations of some of the most famous medieval monuments, such as those found in Westminster Abbey and Canterbury Cathedral, as well as drawing attention to a host of lesser-known memorials from throughout Europe. In turn, these monuments provide a vantage point from which to reconsider the culture of medieval marriage, from wedding rings and dresses, to the sacramental symbolism of matrimony, and embodied ritual practices. Whilst it is tempting to read these sculptures as straightforward expressions of romantic feeling, the author argues that a closer look reveals the artifice behind the emotion: the artistic, religious, political and legal agenda underlying the rhetoric of married love.


Stone Fidelity Related Books

Stone Fidelity
Language: en
Pages: 356
Authors: Jessica Barker
Categories: Art
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020 - Publisher: Boydell & Brewer

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Medieval tombs often depict husband and wife lying side-by-side: demonstrating, as in the words of Philip Larkin's poem An Arundel Tomb, their "stone fidelity".
Stone
Language: en
Pages: 788
Authors:
Categories: Building stone industry
Type: BOOK - Published: 1928 - Publisher:

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Indexed Digest of the United States Supreme Court Reports
Language: en
Pages: 764
Authors: United States. Supreme Court
Categories: Law reports, digests, etc
Type: BOOK - Published: 1903 - Publisher:

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Subject of the Event
Language: en
Pages: 329
Authors: Sebastian Huber
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-11-30 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

What does falling in love have in common with the fall of the Berlin Wall? Or the fall of the Twin Towers? In the light of postmodernism's programmatic critique
Music and Death
Language: en
Pages: 261
Authors: Peter Edwards
Categories: Music
Type: BOOK - Published: 2023 - Publisher: Boydell & Brewer

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Music gives specific meanings to our lives, but also to how we experience death; it forms a central part of death rituals, consoles survivors, and celebrates th