The Ancestors of Christ Windows at Canterbury Cathedral

"Discusses the original context, iconographic program, and stylistic development of the Ancestors of Christ windows, which survive from the twelfth century and are significant examples of English medieval painting and monumental stained glass"--Provided by publisher.

Autorentext

Jeffrey Weaver is associate curator in the Department of Sculpture and Decorative Arts at the J. Paul Getty Museum. Madeline H. Caviness is Mary Richardson Professor Emeritus in the Department of Art and Art History at Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts.

Klappentext

"This publication is issued in conjunction with the exhibition Canterbury and St. Albans: Treasures from Church and Cloister, on view at the J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center, Los Angeles, from September 20, 2013, to February 2, 2014, and a display of the Ancestors of Christ windows organized by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, at the Cloisters, from February 25 to May 18, 2014"--Colophon.

Zusammenfassung
Eighty-six near life-size figures of the male ancestors of Christ once looked down on the choir and eastern extension of the medieval cathedral and priory church of Canterbury. Dating from the 12th-century, the surviving windows are among the oldest panels of stained glass in England. This book explores how the windows were perceived.