Revisiting the MonumentÌýpays tribute to Erwin Panofsky’sÌýTomb Sculpture: Four Lectures on Its Changing Aspects from Ancient Egypt to Bernini,Ìýwhich remains the most influential and comprehensive survey of funerary monuÂments to be published in the last fifty years. While Panofsky wrote a single, epic narrative charting the development of tomb sculpture from Antiquity to the Baroque,ÌýRevisiting the MonumentÌýis more akin to a series of short stories. The contributors are art historians with a keen interest in funerary monuments, whose research extends from the eleventh to sixteenth centuries and covers England, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Portugal. Each chapter represents a cross-section through the history of tomb sculpture, examining a particular tomb, group of tombs, or theme with wider implications for our understanding of funerary monuments. The methodologies extend close iconographic study of monuments to place them in their historic and social contexts, as well as in dialogue with other media. Recurring themes include monuments as sites of liminality, the reception and visibility of tombs, the relationship between corpse and monument, and the symbolic significance of materials. This collection of essays examines the great contribution made byÌýTomb SculptureÌýto the field, extends the debates begun by Panofsky, and suggests new avenues of enquiry within a rapidly expanding field.
Edited by Ann Adams and Jessica Barker
Ann Adams;ÌýJessica Barker;ÌýJames Alexander Cameron;ÌýMartha Dunkelman;ÌýShirin Fozi;ÌýSanne Frequin;ÌýRobert Marcoux;ÌýSusie Nash;ÌýGeoffrey Nuttall;ÌýLuca Palozzi;ÌýMatthew Reeves;ÌýKim Woods