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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture There's a brief discussion, with examples from Venice and from Ferrara in Paul Hills, _Venetian Colour: Marble, Mosaic, Painting and Glass, 1250-1550_ (Yale University Press, 1999), pp. 76-79 [p. 77 is devoted to illustrations of actual brickwork; p. 78 illustrates fictive brickwork in Venice], plus n. 27 on p. 228. The latter refers, inter alia, to Jürgen Michler, "La cathédrale Notre-Dame de Chartres: réconstitution de la polychromie originale de 1'intérieur", _Bulletin monumental_ 147 (1989), 117-31, so there may be an instance there as well. Best, John Dillon On 04/10/15, Elisabeta Negrau <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > > > I don't know if this helps in any way, but painted bricks (not stone, or more general masonry) do appear in the interiors of few Moldavian (Orthodox) churches in the 15th century (it was a provisional decor, which covered the walls of a church until a full, figurative mural painting was completed - and this could come much later, due to eventual financial gaps). > See Carmen Cecilia Solomonea, "Le concept de la première décoration de l’église Saint Nicolas de Popăuţi–Botoşani. La reconstitution de l’image antérieure à la réalisation de la peinture murale", in Revue Roumaine d'Histoire de l'Art, 2008, pp. 45-52 (the article is in full text here: http://www.rrha.istoria-artei.ro/2008.php ). This is more a restorer's study than one of art history, and it doesn't discuss the origins of this type of decoration or other examples of it. But I believe a mixed Byzantine and Western (Gothic) tradition worked in these cases. > > > > Best, > Elisabeta Negrău, dr. > > > > > > > On Thursday, April 9, 2015 9:29 PM, "Pridgeon, Ellie (Dr.)" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture > Hello Laura > > > For more information on fictive stone or brickwork commonly found in English churches see: > > http://paintedchurch.org/backgrou.htm > > > Ellie > > Dr Ellie Pridgeon, BA, MA, PhD, Arch Dip > Tutor in Art History & Architecture > BA and Certificate Courses > University of Leicester > > Archivist, Church Monuments Society(http://www.churchmonumentssociety.org/) > Medieval Wall Paintings Website: > http://medievalwallpaintings.wordpress.com(http://medievalwallpaintings.wordpress.com/) > > > > > > > > From: medieval-religion - Scholarly discussions of medieval religious culture [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of John Shinners [[log in to unmask]] > Sent: 09 April 2015 18:56 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [M-R] Fictive brickwork (in churches) > > > > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Does masonry count as brick? The controversial restoration of Chartres has uncovered faux painted masonry. In a response to Martin Filler's blistering criticism of the restoration, Madeline Caviness and Jeffrey Hamburger write: > "Careful archaeological work, beginning with that conducted as early as the 1980’s by the German scholar Jürgen Michler, has demonstrated beyond doubt that the church’s interior originally was painted in a light ochre, with regular false masonry added in white, which often bears little resemblance to the coursing of the underlying ashlar masonry. The current restoration adheres religiously to this scheme. Such false masonry was commonplace in medieval churches." > http://www.nybooks.com/blogs/nyrblog/2014/dec/17/new-chartres-exchange/ > > > > Best, > John > > > On Thu, Apr 9, 2015 at 12:37 PM, Laura Jacobus <[log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>> wrote: > > > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Hello. Does anyone know of any instances where a medieval wall has been painted to imitiate brick? I'm aware that in Northern Europe one could sometimes find imitation ashlar, and fictive textiles seem to have been in all sorts of places- but fictive brick?? > > > > I'm also sending this to the medieval religion list because I'm particularly interested to know of any examples in churches, so apologies for cross-posting. > > > > > > Laura > > > > > > > > Dr. Laura Jacobus Senior Lecturer in History of Art > > Birkbeck College, University of London > > > > > > > > For details of my book on Giotto and the Arena Chapel see http://www.brepols.net/Pages/ShowProduct.aspx?prod_id=IS-9781905375127-1 > > ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: subscribe medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: unsubscribe medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/medieval-religion