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Image And Idol: Medieval Sculpture

Phillip Lindley

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This book documents a unique collaboration between the artist Richard Deacon and the art historian Phillip Lindley, the exhibition Image and Idol: Medieval Sculpture, created in the Duveen Galleries for the opening of the Centenary Development at Tate Britain. The exhibition includes twenty-three works from the twelfth to the sixteenth centuries, borrowed predominantly from churches across England and Wales.

In two essays, Deacon and Lindley discuss the sculpture - which once inspired passionate devotion, intense disapproval and even physical violence - from their own distinct perspectives. In 'New Bases For Old Sculpture', Deacon discusses his points of reference for the selection and installation, highlighting the formal aspects of the sculpture. In a three-part essay, Lindley covers the religious Reformation of the sixteenth century. focusing in particular on iconoclasm, and provides a detailed analysis of the individual works selected. The book is lavishly illustrated throughout with colour photographs of Deacon's installation, which signals a radical departure from the conventions of museum display.

Language: English

Pages: 72

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Tate Publishing(UK)

Release: August 30, 2002

ISBN: 1854374001

ISBN 13: 9781854374004

Image And Idol: Medieval Sculpture

Phillip Lindley

4/5 ( ratings)

This book documents a unique collaboration between the artist Richard Deacon and the art historian Phillip Lindley, the exhibition Image and Idol: Medieval Sculpture, created in the Duveen Galleries for the opening of the Centenary Development at Tate Britain. The exhibition includes twenty-three works from the twelfth to the sixteenth centuries, borrowed predominantly from churches across England and Wales.

In two essays, Deacon and Lindley discuss the sculpture - which once inspired passionate devotion, intense disapproval and even physical violence - from their own distinct perspectives. In 'New Bases For Old Sculpture', Deacon discusses his points of reference for the selection and installation, highlighting the formal aspects of the sculpture. In a three-part essay, Lindley covers the religious Reformation of the sixteenth century. focusing in particular on iconoclasm, and provides a detailed analysis of the individual works selected. The book is lavishly illustrated throughout with colour photographs of Deacon's installation, which signals a radical departure from the conventions of museum display.

Language: English

Pages: 72

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Tate Publishing(UK)

Release: August 30, 2002

ISBN: 1854374001

ISBN 13: 9781854374004

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