Object of devotion : medieval English alabaster sculpture from the Victoria and Albert Museum /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Williamson, Paul, 1954-
Imprint:	Alexandria, Va. : Art Services International, 2010.
Description:	223 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 31 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Victoria and Albert Museum. Victoria and Albert Museum -- Exhibitions. Alabaster sculpture, English -- Exhibitions. Alabaster sculpture, Medieval -- England -- Exhibitions. Christian art and symbolism -- England -- Medieval, 500-1500 -- Exhibitions. Alabaster sculpture -- England -- London -- Exhibitions. Alabaster sculpture. Alabaster sculpture, English. Alabaster sculpture, Medieval. Christian art and symbolism -- Medieval. England. England -- London. Exhibition catalogs.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8295682

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Varying Form of Title:	Medieval English alabaster sculpture from the Victoria and Albert Museum
Other authors / contributors:	Cannan, Fergus. Duffy, Eamon. Perkinson, Stephen. Society of the Four Arts.
ISBN:	0883971569 (soft cover) 9780883971567 (soft cover)
Notes:	Catalog of a traveling exhibition held at the Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, Fla. and five other institutions between Dec. 2, 2010 and Aug. 12, 2012. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments
Participating Museums
Message from the Ambassador of Great Britain to the United States
Director's Foreword
Introduction
"If Marble will not Serve": Medieval English Alabaster Sculpture, from Quarry to Object of Devotion
"As they learn it by sight of images": Alabasters and Religious Devotion in Late Medieval England
The Reformation and the Alabastermen
Catalogue
The Art of the "Alabastermen"
Martyrs and Miracles
The Lives and Deaths of the Saints
Devotion at Home
Word Made Flesh: The Life of Christ and the Virgin
The Altarpiece
Business and Religion: Making and Selling Holy Images
The Reformation
Map of England
Bibliography of Works Cited
Index

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