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All medieval churches in England were more or less completely painted - the walls, the window sills, the woodwork, the monuments. When a medieval church was built and plastered, the artists really went to work. They painted saints, crucifixions, Bible stories, dooms, allegories, animals, scrolls, and even imitation masonry. But now a painted church is a great rarity and few churches have much of their original decoration left. What does remain, however, tells a fascinating story, and in this book E. Clive Rouse, our leading expert on wall paintings and their preservation, has written for the layman an introduction to the importance and the meaning of those paintings that we can still see. At the end of "Discovering Wall Paintings" is a gazetteer, county by county, of churches where wall paintings can be seen, and special reference is made to those that are extensive or of high artistic merit.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Publisher Shire Publications, Tring 1971. Very Good condition. In blue boards with gilt lettering to spine. Slight damage to top edge of pages, very small tears. Tight binding, all pages intact, no markings or inscriptions. Original pictorial price-clipped d/j in fair condition, some small tears. Seller Inventory # ABE-1608309826185
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