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An investigation into the manifestations of religious art in East
Anglia and how they are connected to and inspired by their
locations. The relationship between religious or spiritual artworks
and the locality where such objects are made and used is the
central question this volume addresses. While it is a well-known
fact that religious artworks, objects and buildings can have a
power or agency of their own (iconoclasm, the violent defacement of
an object which paradoxically testifies to the fear and loathing it
has generated, being an extreme example), the sources of this power
are less well understood. It is this problem which the book seeks
to begin to remedy, using East Anglia, an area of Britain with an
exceptionally long history of religious diversity, as its prism.
Case-studies are taken from prehistory right up to the twenty-first
century, and from a variety of media, including wall-paintings,
church architecture, and stained glass; famous sites examined
include Seahenge and Sutton Hoo. Overall, the book shows how
profoundly religious artworks are embedded in local communities,
belief systems, histories and landscapes. T.A. Heslop is Professor
of Visual Arts, Elizabeth Mellings a Post-doctoral Research Fellow,
and Margit Thofner Senior Lecturer, at the School of World Art
Studies, University of East Anglia. Contributors: Margit Thofner,
T.A. Heslop, Elizabeth de Bièvre, Daphne Nash Briggs, Adrian
Marsden, Timothy Pestell, Matthew Champion, Carole Hill,
ElizabethRutledge, David King, John Peake, Nicola Whyte, Chris
King, Francesca Vanke, Stefan Muthesius, Kate Hesketh-Harvey, Karl
Bell, Elizabeth Mellings, Robert Wallis, Trevor Ashwin. Cover
artwork: Glowing Embers (Seahenge), 2000. Painting by Susan
Laughlin.
Andrew Rogerson is one of the most important and influential
archaeologists currently working in East Anglia. The various essays
in this volume, presented to him by friends and colleagues from
both the university sector and public archaeology, closely reflect
his diverse interests and his activities in the region over many
decades. They include studies of 'small finds' from many periods;
of landscapes, both urban and rural; and of many aspects of
medieval archaeology and history. This important collection will be
essential reading for all those interested in the history and
archaeology of Norfolk and Suffolk, in the interpretation of
artefacts within their landscape contexts, and in the material
culture of the Middle Ages.
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