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• catalog abstract "The Royal Abbey of Saint-Denis, one of the principal Gothic monuments of France, was completely restored in the nineteenth century. Contemporary critics denounced the restoration of the western portals and proclaimed the sculptures ruined forever by the blatantly discordant work and deprived of all historical interest. Because that opinion persisted, scholars have omitted the sculptural program from discussions of style in the Ile-de-France during the transition from Romanesque to Early Gothic art. In a study that is a model of archaeological methods, Pamela Z. Blum persuasively counters earlier scholars' assumptions. Early Gothic Saint-Denis: Restorations and Survivals presents convincing evidence for the survival, untouched, of a significant amount of twelfth-century scripture of high quality. Indeed, the well-preserved sculptural passages provide a key to the Early Gothic style as well as revealing the distinct styles of three mutually influenced artists. Blum's penetrating analyses of the techniques and materials used in restoration are accompanied by revealing photograph-diagrams that distinguish original from later work. Blum's investigation lays the groundwork for further stylistic and iconographic considerations of sculpture from any past century. Her work has relevance not only for students and scholars of medieval art but for curators and collectors as well. Anyone concerned with survivals from the past will appreciate the scrupulous processes of detection and connoisseurship that the author has applied to one of France's greatest monuments.".
• catalog contributor b3951878.
• catalog created "c1992.".
• catalog date "1992".
• catalog date "c1992.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c1992.".
• catalog description "Ch. 1. Saint-Denis in History -- Ch. 2. Nineteenth-Century Restorations -- Ch. 3. The Great Tympanum of the Central Portal. The Figure of Christ. The Resurrection Frieze. The Apostles, Virgin, and Flanking Angels. The Lunette with Tympanum Angels -- Ch. 4. The Judgment and Trinity of the Center Archivolts. The Judging Christ. Angels Presenting Souls for Judgment. Censing Angels. The Trinity -- Ch. 5. The Damned and the Blessed of the First Archivolt. The Damned and the Tortures of Hell. Paradise, the Blessed, and the Fifth Wise Virgin -- Ch. 6. The Jamb Sculptures with the Parable of the Ten Virgins. The Wise and Foolish Virgins and the Two Atlantids. The Jamb Colonnettes. The Decorated Plinths and Bases. The Capitals and Abaci -- Ch. 7. The Old Testament Patriarchs, or Elders of the Apocalypse, on the Three Outer Archivolts -- Ch. 8. Style and Meaning in the Central Portal.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-182) and index.".
• catalog description "The Royal Abbey of Saint-Denis, one of the principal Gothic monuments of France, was completely restored in the nineteenth century. Contemporary critics denounced the restoration of the western portals and proclaimed the sculptures ruined forever by the blatantly discordant work and deprived of all historical interest. Because that opinion persisted, scholars have omitted the sculptural program from discussions of style in the Ile-de-France during the transition from Romanesque to Early Gothic art. In a study that is a model of archaeological methods, Pamela Z. Blum persuasively counters earlier scholars' assumptions. Early Gothic Saint-Denis: Restorations and Survivals presents convincing evidence for the survival, untouched, of a significant amount of twelfth-century scripture of high quality. Indeed, the well-preserved sculptural passages provide a key to the Early Gothic style as well as revealing the distinct styles of three mutually influenced artists. Blum's penetrating analyses of the techniques and materials used in restoration are accompanied by revealing photograph-diagrams that distinguish original from later work. Blum's investigation lays the groundwork for further stylistic and iconographic considerations of sculpture from any past century. Her work has relevance not only for students and scholars of medieval art but for curators and collectors as well. Anyone concerned with survivals from the past will appreciate the scrupulous processes of detection and connoisseurship that the author has applied to one of France's greatest monuments.".
• catalog extent "xii, 187 p. :".
• catalog identifier "0520073711 (cloth)".
• catalog identifier "0520073738 (paper)".
• catalog issued "1992".
• catalog issued "c1992.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Berkeley : University of California Press,".
• catalog spatial "France Saint- Denis".
• catalog spatial "France Saint-Denis".
• catalog spatial "France Saint-Denis.".
• catalog subject "730/.944/362 20".
• catalog subject "Abbaye de Saint-Denis (Saint-Denis, France)".
• catalog subject "Christian art and symbolism France Saint-Denis Medieval, 500-1500 Conservation and restoration".
• catalog subject "Christian art and symbolism Medieval, 500-1500 Conservation and restoration France Saint-Denis.".
• catalog subject "Christian art and symbolism Medieval, 500-1500 France Saint-Denis Conservation and restoration.".
• catalog subject "NB1910 .B58 1992".
• catalog subject "Sculpture, French Conservation and restoration France Saint-Denis.".
• catalog subject "Sculpture, French France Saint-Denis Conservation and restoration.".
• catalog subject "Sculpture, Gothic Conservation and restoration France Saint-Denis.".
• catalog subject "Sculpture, Gothic France Saint-Denis Conservation and restoration.".
• catalog subject "Stone carving France Saint- Denis Conservation and restoration.".
• catalog tableOfContents "Ch. 1. Saint-Denis in History -- Ch. 2. Nineteenth-Century Restorations -- Ch. 3. The Great Tympanum of the Central Portal. The Figure of Christ. The Resurrection Frieze. The Apostles, Virgin, and Flanking Angels. The Lunette with Tympanum Angels -- Ch. 4. The Judgment and Trinity of the Center Archivolts. The Judging Christ. Angels Presenting Souls for Judgment. Censing Angels. The Trinity -- Ch. 5. The Damned and the Blessed of the First Archivolt. The Damned and the Tortures of Hell. Paradise, the Blessed, and the Fifth Wise Virgin -- Ch. 6. The Jamb Sculptures with the Parable of the Ten Virgins. The Wise and Foolish Virgins and the Two Atlantids. The Jamb Colonnettes. The Decorated Plinths and Bases. The Capitals and Abaci -- Ch. 7. The Old Testament Patriarchs, or Elders of the Apocalypse, on the Three Outer Archivolts -- Ch. 8. Style and Meaning in the Central Portal.".
• catalog title "Early Gothic Saint-Denis : restorations and survivals / Pamela Z. Blum.".
• catalog type "text".