Baroque

Cathedral Choir Screen

walwyn Thu, 03/15/2012 - 21:06

Above the choir screen at Chartres Cathedral are some 40 sculpted reliefs of biblical scenes, and other scenes from the life of the Virgin Mary. The scenes were sculpted by some of the best artists in France and were commissioned at different times over a 200 year period from 1510 to 1720.

Charles Dixwell and family Monument - Churchover, Warwickshire

walwyn Sun, 11/15/2009 - 15:25

Dixwell Monument

 

Monument to Charles Dixwell (d1591), his wife Abigail (d1635), and their five children William, Edgar, Humphrey, Basil, and Barbara.

 

 

 

Children and Monuments from the late medieval period to the 17th century.

walwyn Tue, 11/08/2011 - 19:46

Monuments or memorials to children in English churches were extremely rare until the late 18th and early 19th century. In the 16th century one can find the occassional child tomb amongst the aristocracy, such as that of the The Noble Impe at St Mary's Warwick, but otherwise children do not appear to have warranted memorials in their own right.

Edward Peyto Monument - Chesterton, Warwickshire

walwyn Thu, 11/05/2009 - 00:37

Edward Peyto Memorial

 

 

Memorial probably by John Stone to Edward Peyto (d1643) and Elizabeth his wife.

 

 

 

 

Elizabeth Orme Monument - Aston-le-Walls, Northamptonshire

walwyn Sun, 05/09/2010 - 23:04

 

 

 

Memorial dedicated to Elizabeth Orme. Inscription notes her literacy.

 

 

 

 

Flemish Wood Panel Reredos - Shotteswell, Warwickshire

walwyn Mon, 05/26/2014 - 20:09

 

 

This collection of 17th century Flemish carved wooden panels form the reredos at the church of St Lawrence, Shotteswell in Warwickshire. They come from different periods in the 17th century and consequently are stylistically different.

 

 

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