Sculpture

Church Monument Art

walwyn Wed, 08/12/2009 - 22:11

 

 

These pages describe monument and memorial art works from the Medieval, Renaissance, and Victorian periods. The works include brasses, tombs, and wall monuments.

 

 

 

Cleansing the Temple Polychrome Relief - Amiens Cathedral

walwyn Mon, 02/28/2011 - 23:43

 

 

These polychrome reliefs in Amiens cathedral are of Jesus Cleansing the Temple. They were donated in 1523 by Jean Wytz and are on the west wall of the north transept.

 

 

Col Sir Henry Walton Ellis - Worcester Cathedral

walwyn Mon, 05/16/2011 - 22:11

 

This monument placed by the officers and men of the royal Welch Fusiliers is by John Bacon Jr. It depicts Col Sir Henry Walton Ellis falling from his horse, with Victory crowning him with a Laurel wreath.

 

 

Confessors - Chartres Cathedral

walwyn Sun, 12/18/2011 - 20:39

 

In addition to the martyrs, the south porch contains a sequence of images of those that had proclaimed Christian beliefs during periods of suppression (confessors).

Creation Spandrels - Bourges Cathedral

walwyn Mon, 08/02/2021 - 18:04

 

 

Decorated in about 1240 the spandrels below the north portal contain sculpures depicting the Creation.
 

Creation Story - Rouen Cathedral

walwyn Wed, 08/04/2021 - 21:09

 

 

The creation story craved in stone in the quatrefoils on either side of the Portail des Libraires at Rouen Cathedral.
 

Denton family tomb - Hereford Cathedral

walwyn Thu, 06/23/2011 - 22:14

This alabaster monument to Alexander Denton and his wife Anne (nee Willison), dates from about 1566. Anne his wife and the child by her side are the only ones that are buried here.

 

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