FUNERAL MONUMENTS IN POST-REFORMATION ENGLAND

Llewellyn, Nigel

ISBN 10: 0521782570 / ISBN 13: 9780521782579

Published by Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, New York, Melbourne, 2000

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Small Quarto, viii, xxvi, xxviii, 471 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering. Spine white and gilt with dark blue and white lettering. Exterior has moderate wear including age toning, slight soiling and sparse minor chips to the head/tail edges. Boards have very mild wear including lightly rubbed head/tail edges. Text block has very slight wear including faint age toning to the edges/end papers and slight wear interiorly with smudges to epigraph page. Illustrated. First edition. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex, Quarto and Folio Case. Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates. 1388990. FP New Rockville Stock. Seller Inventory # 1388990

Bibliographic Details

Title: FUNERAL MONUMENTS IN POST-REFORMATION ENGLAND

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, New York, Melbourne

Publication Date: 2000

Binding: Hardcover

Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

Edition: First Edition.

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Synopsis:

This book takes as its subject the most important kind of surviving post-Reformation church art and the most important genre of English Renaissance sculpture, the carved stone funeral monument. These complex constructions, comprising not just sculpted figures but also architectural framing, heraldic decoration and inscribed text, were set up in huge numbers during the years around 1600 and still survive in their thousands in parish churches across England. This is a comprehensive account of the subject, Llewellyn examines the place of the tomb in the historiography of English art, issues of patronage and the business of erecting a monument, the tomb-makers, their world and the materials, and Reformist iconoclasm in England and its impact on the tombs. The volume is lavishly illustrated with rare photographs of tombs and monuments and offers a valuable and informative record of one of England's greatest treasures.

Review:

Review of the hardback: 'This is essential reading for art historians, social historians and even students of the politics and economics of the period.' The Art Newspaper

Review of the hardback: 'Dr Llewellyn is to be commended for establishing a new area of inquiry: the visual culture of churches and the practice of commemoration in early modern England.' Journal of Ecclesiastical History

Review of the hardback: 'This is undoubtedly an important work which will remain the standard text for the foreseeable future.' Renaissance Studies

Review of the hardback: 'Llewelyn's study has much to inform the serious 'Reformation' theologian.' Laudetur

Review of the hardback: 'Llewellyn's study explores the complexities and range of these ambitious works and persuasively argues for their importance as registers of shifting social attitudes and aspirations. this important book deserves the attention not merely of art historians, but of a far wider variety of scholars working on the material culture of post-medieval England.' Post-Medieval Archaeology