Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Binski, Paul
Title:
Becket's crown : art and imagination in Gothic England, 1170-1300 / Paul Binski.
Alternate Title(s):
Art and imagination in Gothic England, 1170-1300
Published / Created:
New Haven, CT : Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art by Yale University Press, c2004.
Physical Description:
xvi, 343 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Related Content:
Contributor biographical information http://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/yale051/2004002273.html
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-337) and index.
Contents:
Part one: Edification. Canterbury, the aesthetics of martyrdom. The ascetics. Mary's great churches, Lincoln and Salisbury -- Part two: Sanctification. Viriditas, Ely and St. Etheldreda. The clefts of the rock, Wells. Becket's crown -- Part three: regulation. Ornamenta. Pastoralia -- Part four: Expression. The tree of life. Sudden glory. Music and the angelic.
Subject Terms:
Architecture, Gothic -- England. | Church architecture -- England. | Liturgy and architecture -- England. | Architecture and religion. | England -- Church history -- 1066–1485.