The Bodley Glossaries
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Publications of the Dictionary of Old English, vol. 5
England's Earliest Sculptors
R.N. Bailey
- Pages: 155 p.
- Size:170 x 255 mm
- Illustrations:32 col.
- Language(s):English
- Publication Year:2000
- € 45,00 EXCL. VAT RETAIL PRICE
- ISBN: 978-0-88844-905-4
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Summary
The work provides an overview of
Anglo-Saxon sculpture from its tentative beginnings in the seventh
century to the Norman Conquest. The author identifies and illustrates
the major influences on early English sculpture - the Christian
Mediterranean, Merovingian, Carolingian and Scandinavian traditions -
and shows how these combined with native English elements to create the
particular aesthetic synthesis that is Anglo-Saxon carving in
stone.