- Title :
-
Gloria in excelsis
- Author :
- HALL, Michael ;
- Publication year :
-
1990
- Language :
- English ;
- Abstract :
- On the basis of polychrome traces recovered during a 1977-1987 program of conservation, offers a reconstruction of the color scheme for the west front of Wells Cathedral. The façade and its sculptures, erected ca.1240, were originally painted and gilded. ;
- Pagination/Size :
- p. 152-154; 3 ill. (2 col.) ;
- Topic :
- 530 - BIBLIOGRAPHIE D'HISTOIRE DE L'ART ;
- French keywords :
- Analyse scientifique ; Décoration architecturale ; Eglise ; Façade ; Grande-Bretagne ; Polychromie ; Restitution intellectuelle ; Sculpture ; Wells (Somerset, GBR), S. Andrew (cathédrale) ; 1200-1300 ; 1240 ;
- Descriptors :
- Architectural decoration ; Churches ; Facades ; Great Britain ; Polychromy ; Reconstruction ; Scientific analysis ; Sculpture ; Wells (Somerset, GBR), S. Andrew (cathedral) ; 1200-1300 ; 1240 ;
- Document type :
- Article ;
- Source :
-
Country life (London), 1990, 184, 49, 6 Dec
- INIST identifier :
- 25177006 ;
- ISSN :
- ISSN 0045-8856 ;
- Provenance :
- Bibliographie d'Histoire de l'Art ;
- Publisher :
-
IPC Magazines, London
- Publisher country :
- UNITED KINGDOM ;
