1st Edition

High Fashion in the Church The Place of Church Vestments in the History of Art from the Ninth to the Nineteenth Century

By Pauline Johnstone Copyright 2002

    This book focuses on second half of the twentieth century, for strange things have been happening in the church. It aim is to show something of the origins and use of the vestments themselves, and to traces the development of their decoration in the context of the arts.

    Introduction 1. The Origins and Development of the Vestments 2. Liturgical Colours 3. The Middle Ages 4. The Renaissance 5. Baroque and Rococo 6. The Nineteenth Century and After

    Biography

    Pauline Johnstone