Includes bibliographical references (pages 274-289) and index.
Contents:
'A Restoring and exhibiting war-damaged sculpture / Julien Chapuis -- Paul Williamson : publications -- Bibliography -- Index -- Photographic credits. Paul Williamson, curator / Marjorie Trusted -- Contributors' biographies -- 'Rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation' : the iconography of St Paul / Dagmar Taube -- The Grado Ivories : a forensic examination / Anthony Cutler -- Late antique or Carolingian? The ivory of the prediction of the Denial of St Peter at the Bargello Museum / Danielle Gaborit-Chopin -- The 'Foundation Reliquary' of Hildesheim and ornamental art at the court of Charlemagne / Lawrence Nees -- Relics, quotations, spolia : revisiting art in Egbert's Trier / Hiltrud Westermann-Angerhausen -- The Cluny cloister / Neil Stratford -- Gregory X and St Anne : the Arezzo scapular / Julian Gardner -- The 'Bust of Sigilgaita' at Ravello : from secular portrait to Marian image? / Valentino Pace -- Seal matrices of ivory and bone : a bad idea? / John Cherry -- Synergy across media : gothic sculptors in wood and ivory / Sarah M. Guerin -- Saint for all seasons : a gothic ivory statuette of Francis of Assisi / Charles T. Little -- The return of Gawain : thoughts on composite caskets in the light of some recent acquisitions / Elisabeth Antoine-Konig -- The embroiderers of Charles VI and Isabeau of Bavaria through records held in the French National Archives / Elisabeth Taburet-Delahaye -- 'A second martyrdom' : an alabaster panel from the story of St John the Baptist / Eleanor Townsend -- Gothic ivories and their owners : an overview / Catherine Yvard -- A recently acquired Christ Child at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and sculptures for medieval nuns / Peter Barnet -- The Blythburgh choirstall carvings / Richard Marks -- Less can mean more : notes on the Ecce Homo / Colum Hourihane -- The Tree of Jesse gates from Scarisbrick Hall / Kim Woods -- Francis Douce, FSA (1757-1834) : scholar and collector of gothic ivory carvings / Glyn Davies -- Restoring and exhibiting war-damaged sculpture / Julien Chapuis -- Paul Williamson : publications -- Bibliography -- Index -- Photographic credits.
Summary:
An invaluable reference for all those interested in the history of sculpture and medieval art. This lavishly illustrated volume is a celebratory tribute to the leading scholar and curator Paul Williamson, formerly Keeper of Sculpture, Metalwork, Ceramics & Glass at the Victoria and Albert Museum. This rich collection of over twenty fully illustrated essays covers an array of medieval topics, with a particular emphasis on sculpture. The contributors, all friends and colleagues of the dedicatee, are prominent experts in their different fields, from the United Kingdom, Europe and the United States. The wide range of subjects covered includes ivories, wood carvings, alabaster, architectural sculpture, caskets, reliquaries, and questions of imagery and iconography. With a full scholarly apparatus, A Reservoir of Ideas is an invaluable work of reference. The volume celebrates the museum career and scholarship of Paul Williamson, a scholar and curator whose outstanding contribution to art history continues to expand and inspire the study of sculpture in general and medieval art in particular.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.