THE DYMOCK SCHOOL OF SCULPTURE
Written by J.E. Gethyn-Jones
Published by Phillimore
in 1979
ISBN: 085033313X
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY (BRITISH)
- ARCHITECTURE
- HEREFORDSHIRE
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Front cover
Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Chapter 1. The Background
- Chapter 2. Eleventh Century Evidence
- (a) Buildings: Odda's Chapel; Chepstow Castle; Gloucester Cathedral
- (b) Materials, Techniques and Decorations; Tufa; Opus Reticulatum; Joggled Lintels; Sunken Star; Summary
- Chapter 3. Early Anglo-Norman Churches
- Chapter 4. Sculptural Beginnings
- Bredwardine; Letton; Willersley
- Chapter 5. The Dymock Group of Sculpture
- The Motifs: Tympana; The Stepped Volute Capitals; The Stepped Pattern Feature; Small Paired Volutes; Its Date
- Chapter 6. The Dymock Group of Sculpture
- The Churches: Preston; Dymock; Kempley; Newnham-on Severn; Summary
- Chapter 7. Further Examples of the Dymock Group of Sculpture - Bridstow and Yatton; Fownhope; Bulley and Churcham: Pauntley; Summary ; Bromyard Font; High Ercall Tympanum; Rochford Tympanum; Yatton Tympanum; String Courses - Dymock; Linton (Hefd); Stepped Patterns - References to examples at Deerhurst; Eldersfield; Hereford Cathedral; Monmouth, St Mary's; Beckford; Stoke Orchard; Upleadon, Moccas Church (82).
- Chapter 8. Suggested Chronological Table
- Notes on Herringbone work and composite tympana; Summary; Table
- Chapter 9. Probable Influences behind the Dymock Group of Sculpture. Large Stepped Volute; Kempley Paintings; Small Paired Volutes; Tympanum Motif.
- Chapter 10. Conclusions
- I. Sculpture
- II. Sources; Architecture, Sculpture; Paintings
- III. Final Assessment
- Indexes