The colours of English alabaster panels Medieval polychromy, production and perception

• Autor principal: Schlicht, Markus (auth)
• Otros Autores: Mounier, Aurélie (auth), Mulliez, Maud (auth)
• Formato: Electrónico Capítulo de libro
• Lenguaje: inglés
• Publicado: Pessac Ausonius éditions 2023
• Colección: PrimaLun@ 22
• Materias: History of art / art & design styles; History; Polychromy; reconstruction; sculpture; Middle Ages; alabaster; England; Christian devotion; digital restoration; physico-chemical analyses; micro-photography; experimental archaeology; 3D digitization; photogrammetry; optical measurements; facsimile; physical copy; painting techniques; pigments; gilding; symbolism of colours; medieval vision; perception criteria; aesthetic principles; patrons; Bordeaux; Libourne; Paris; Rabastens; Saint-Nicolas-du-Bosc; Nottingham; London
• Acceso en línea: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Between c. 1350 and 1550, English sculptors carved thousands of panels depicting religious scenes from alabaster quarries around Nottingham. Exported throughout Europe, these polychrome reliefs were originally usually assembled to form altarpieces. Their coloured epidermis, an integral part of these...