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The Gothic Screen - Space, Sculpture, and Community in the Cathedrals of France and Germany, ca.1200-1400 (Paperback)
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The Gothic Screen - Space, Sculpture, and Community in the Cathedrals of France and Germany, ca.1200-1400 (Paperback)
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At the heart of Gothic cathedrals, the threshold between nave and
sanctuary was marked by the choir screen, a partitioning structure
of special complexity, grandeur, and beauty. At once a canopy for
altars, a stage for performance, a pedestal for crucifixes and
reliquaries, and a ground for spectacular arrays of narrative and
iconic sculptures, the choir screen profoundly shaped the spaces of
liturgy and social interaction for the diverse communities, both
clerical and lay, who shared the church interior. For the first
time, this book draws together the most important examples - some
fully extant, others known through fragments and graphic sources -
from thirteenth- and fourteenth-century France and Germany. Through
analyses of both their architectural and sculptural components,
Jacqueline E. Jung reveals how these furnishings, far from being
barricades or hindrances, were vital vehicles of communication and
shapers of a community centered on Christian rituals and stories.
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