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Thanks very much to all who have replied so far, and do keep 'em coming. I
*knew* I'd seen a recent exploration of the issues somewhere but was
completely unable to remember where. Binski was the place!
yours
Laura
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From: "Jon Cannon" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: 16 February 2007 00:41
Subject: Re: origins of altarpieces
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
>
> The question of the Lateran IV and the development of various kinds of
> altarpieces/altar decorations (and indeed the possible connections,
> direct and indirect, between it and art historical questions in
> general), has been given a useful recent airing in Binski, Paul
> 'Becket's Crown: Art and imagination in gothic England, 1170-1300', Yale
> 2004.
>
> I think he concludes that, yes, various kinds of altar decoration:
> frontals/reredoses/etc went through very important evolutionary stages
> in the late c12/c13; and yes, these developments relate to the thinking
> of many reform-minded churchmen of the era; but that the specific
> influence of Lateran IV is hard to demonstrate, in that a) the evidence
> for its promulgation varies from place to place; and b) it was not
> necessarily 'ahead of the curve' among more radical churchmen: the
> provisions given in the statutes of, for example Richard Poore at Old
> Sarum/Salisbury, who was a member of the Stephen Langton/Innocent III
> 'circle', were actually *more* radical/prescriptive/enlightened in
> several such respects.
>
> Jon
>
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