Liquid Gothic: Uses of Stucco in Southern Italy
Jill Caskey
The Gothic style is now one of the supreme products Medieval and Renaissance visual culture. Subject to multiple readings (re)interpretations from ca. 1500 present, stands as two dominant languages European historical architecture. This volume explores methods reading interpreting twelfth through sixteenth century. Following editor’s introduction, it contains ten essays written by leading scholars Canada, United States, Great Britain. In challenging traditional parameters Gothic, papers explore ‘Medieval’ ‘Renaissance’ manifestations they consider material ranging geographically Ireland Poland, Paris Sicily. Each paper ways in which was or could be read contemporary viewers for designed, post-modern commentators. placing act at centre their investigations, offer significant new insights into forms meanings Gothic.
Studies in the visual cultures of the Middle Ages