Cut in Alabaster
A Material of Sculpture 1330-1530
by Kim Woods
Hardback (Out of print)
(December 2018)
ISBN: 9781909400269
Price: $188.00
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Cut in Alabaster is the first comprehensive study of alabaster sculpture in Western Europe during the late Middle Ages and Renaissance.
While marble is associated with Renaissance Italy, alabaster was the material commonly used elsewhere in Europe and has its own properties, traditions and meanings. It enjoyed particular popularity as a sculptural material during the two centuries 1330-1530, when alabaster sculpture was produced both for indigenous consumption and for export. Focussing especially on England, the Burgundian Netherlands and Spain,three territories closely linked through trade routes, diplomacy and cultural exchange, this book explores and compares the material practice and visual culture of alabaster sculpture in late medieval Europe. Cut in Alabaster charts sculpture from quarry to contexts of use, exploring practitioners, markets and functions as well as issues of consumption, display and material meanings. It provides detailed examination of tombs, altarpieces and both elite and popular sculpture, ranging from high status bespoke commissions to small, low-cost carvings produced commercially for a more popular clientele.
- By (author) Kim Woods
"Kim Woods' book on alabaster sculpture of the Late Medieval and early modern periods is an important, welcome addition to recent writings on sculpture. Remarkably comprehensive, this is a transnational study, covering the production of alabaster sculpture in England, Spain, France, and the Low Countries. . . .Woods has given us a rich analysis of an important medium and many prestigious works that adopt it. She has traced its production and marketing across a great geographical expanse with sensitivity and skill, offering insights about a number of celebrated monuments. This book should command a wide audience interested in late medieval and early modern art and culture." --Ethan Matt Kavaler, HISTORIANS OF NETHERLANDISH ART REVIEWS, May 2019.
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