Interpreting Medieval Effigies
Interpreting Medieval Effigies This innovative study examines and analyzes the wealth of evidence provided by the monumental effigies of Yorkshire, from the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries,…
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Interpreting Medieval Effigies
This innovative study examines and analyzes the wealth of evidence provided by the monumental effigies of Yorkshire, from the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, including some of very high sculptural merit. Together, they present a picture of the people able to afford them, at a time when the county was frequently at the forefront of national politics and administration, during the Scottish wars.Many monuments display remarkable realism, depicting people as they themselves wished to be remembered, and are accompanied by a great volume of contemporary sculptural and architectural detail. More than 200 examples survive from the historic county in varying states of preservation.
They are considered Stylistic analysis of the effigies themselves has been employed, better to understand how they relate to one another and give a firmer basis for their dating and production patterns.