Jacqueline E Jung: 1 book
The Gothic Screen
Space, Sculpture, and Community in the Cathedrals of France and Germany, ca.1200–1400
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2012
At the heart of Gothic cathedrals, the threshold between nave and sanctuary was marked by the choir screen, a partitioning structure of special complexity, grandeur, and beauty. At once a canopy for altars, a stage for performance, a pedestal for crucifixes and reliquaries, and a ground for spectacular...
