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Perhaps the crowning achievements of the book are the gazetteer, the subject/place guide, and the bibliography which [...] will provide students and tourists with an invaluable and accessible source. Credit too, must go to Boydell for the exemplary and extensive colour illustrations which make this publication really stand out from the crowd. * CHURCH ARCHAEOLOGY *
Put simply, if you want to know more about medieval church wall paintings than the brief descriptions contained in the average church guide then this is the book to have. [...] The whole of the book is both a joy and an inspiration. * NORFOLK MEDIEVAL GRAFFITI SURVEY *
An enticing introduction to a fascinating subject, a visual feast with an eminently readable text. [It] will be valuable to scholars and students of church architecture alike. * ECCLESIOLOGY TODAY *
A magnificent paperback edition [and] an indispensable guide not just to the works' artistic value but to its theological importance. * THE CONTEMPORARY REVIEW *
This is a thorough and richly illustrated guide to an art form many travelers know little about. [...] All in all, I highly recommend Medieval Wall Paintings in English and Welsh Churches to anyone interested in the Middle Ages, art, or travel in England in Wales. It's the perfect mixture of art, history, and guidebook, something I wish the travel industry would give us more of. * GADLING BLOG, AOL TRAVEL *
It requires enormous effort of the imagination to envisage how our churches must have looked when every surface was covered with crowded, bright, sometimes very beautiful [...] paintings. This book is the best possible guide to those pre-Reformation times. * SUFFOLK VIEW *
Book Information
ISBN 9781843834847
Author Roger Rosewell
Format Paperback
Page Count 384
Imprint The Boydell Press
Publisher Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Weight(grams) 1g