Becket’s Crown
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Art and Imagination in Gothic England 1170-1300
Paul Binski
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To appreciate England’s earliest Gothic buildings and art—the great cathedrals at Canterbury, Lincoln, Salisbury, and Wells and contemporary Gothic texts and images—it is necessary to understand the religious and ethical ideals of the individuals and communities who sponsored them. Paul Binski’s fascinating new book offers a radical new perspective on English art, architecture, social formation, and religious imagination during this pivotal period.
Binski reveals that the Church, although authoritarian and undergoing reform, was able to come to terms with new developments in society and technology as well as with the fact of social and religious diversity. He explains how varying ideals of personal sanctity were bound up with radical new notions of leadership, personal ethics, and styles of religious devotion and how ideas of reform of worship, personal conduct, and art affected the community at large.
Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art
Paul Binski is reader in the history of medieval art at the University of Cambridge.
"The references to a wide range of primary and secondary texts throughout the work demonstrate a quite remarkable breadth and depth of knowledge of the subject. They pay dividends in terms of insight and understanding at a number of levels... detailed and compelling."---Burlington Magazine
Shortlisted for the William Berger Prize for British Art History 2005.
Publication Date: February 11, 2005
Publishing Partner: Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art
210 b/w + 80 color illus.
