Monumental wall painting once embellished countless rural churches throughout France during the 11th and 12th centuries. In this book, Marcia Kupfer focuses on the rich, stylistically diverse group of fresco cycles dispersed throughout the medieval diocese of Bourges. To interpret the social and political roles of monumental painting, Kupfer explores what she calls the politics of narrative - the complex relation between the external world and the story of redemption unfolding across church walls.
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Monumental wall painting once embellished countless rural churches throughout France during the 11th and 12th centuries. In this book, Marcia Kupfer focuses on the rich, stylistically diverse group of fresco cycles dispersed throughout the medieval diocese of Bourges. To interpret the social and political roles of monumental painting, Kupfer explores what she calls the politics of narrative - the complex relation between the external world and the story of redemption unfolding across church walls.
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Like New in Like New jacket. Size: 27 cm.; Dust jacket condition: Like New. Appears as new and unread. Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-261) and index. x, 261 p., [144] p. : ill. (some col. ); 27 cm. 261 pages. Mural painting and decoration, Romanesque--France, Christian art and symbolism--France--Medieval, 500-1500, Mural painting and decoration, French, Narrative painting, French, Church decoration and ornament--France.
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VG, ex-library. Stamped on text block, flyleaf, pocket in back. Pages clean and tight. Pictorial dj; brown cloth with black lettering on spine. x, 261 pages, [144] pages: illustrations (some color). Series: Yale publications in the history of art Contents: Between fragmentation and continuity: the place of monumental painting in the rural landscape--The artistic context: localization and diversity--Wall painting as storytelling--Chalivoy-Milon: rotational narrative and the polemics of ecclesiastical reform--Brinay: linear narrative and the shape of the liturgy--Vicq: disjunctive narrative and exegesis--Conclusion: the politics of narrative--Appendix: catalog of works. Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-261) and index.
