High Gothic Sculpture at Chartres Cathedral, the Tomb of the Count of Joigny, and the Master of the Warrior Saints
- Publish Date: 2/9/2012
- Dimensions: 8 x 10
- Page Count: 216 pages Illustrations: 116 illustrations
- Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-271-04865-9
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“Anne McGee Morganstern's new book reconstructs the history of the tomb of Count Guillaume de Joigny in an impressively meticulous fashion. It is a genuine and significant addition to the literature.”
“In her thoughtful and thorough High Gothic Sculpture at Chartres Cathedral, the Tomb of the Count of Joigny, and the Master of the Warrior Saints, Anne McGee Morganstern reassesses the much-studied sculpture of the Chartres south transept through innovative comparisons with the tomb sculpture of Count Guillaume de Joigny. These investigations clarify the nature of the sculptural workshop during the thirteenth century, an issue of vital importance to all who study medieval art. Additionally, she revitalizes the method of stylistic analysis in a way that is useful to twenty-first-century readers. This book is a significant contribution to the study of Gothic sculpture.”
In the 1790s the sculptural decoration of many French cathedrals was destroyed, and monastic churches were stripped of their royal and noble tombs. As a result, modern art historians have remained largely unaware of the link between architectural sculpture and monumental tomb sculpture. Some years ago, Anne Morganstern recognized the hand of a master sculptor who worked at Chartres in the little-known tomb of a nobleman. This connection prompted the author to investigate the relationship between the two. In High Gothic Sculpture at Chartres Cathedral, the Tomb of the Count of Joigny, and the Master of the Warrior Saints, Morganstern offers a new study of the sculptor whom Louis Grodecki associated with a group of stained-glass windows that he attributed to the “Master of Saint Chéron.” Morganstern proposes that the windows reflect the designs of the sculptor whom she calls the “Master of the Warrior Saints,” whether or not he was their designer. She also shifts the chronological framework associated with the south transept porch back approximately twenty years, a move that has broad implications for scholarly consideration of the development of French High Gothic sculpture.
Contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 The Tomb of Count Guillaume I in the Priory of Notre-Dame in Joigny
2 Beyond the Tomb: Implications of a Stylistic Analysis of the Count’s Tomb
3 The Context of the Porches of Chartres Cathedral
4 The South Transept Porch of Chartres Cathedral
5 The North Transept Porch of Chartres Cathedral
6 The Coronation Portal at Longpont-sur-Orge
Conclusion
Appendix 1 An Iconographic Conundrum: Saint Theodore and Saint George
Appendix 2 The Iconography of the South Transept Porch
Appendix 3 The Iconography of the North Transept Porch
List of Abbreviations
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index
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