The Four Modes of Seeing: Approaches to Medieval Imagery in Honor of Madeline Harrison Caviness

A foremost specialist in medieval art history, especially in the study of its stained glass, Madeline Caviness is feted in this collection of 30 very substantial articles by leading medievalists. The volume, which is illustrated in b&w, features analysis of window iconography and placement, new approaches to the study of medieval art, and issues of patronage, performance, collecting, gender, and consumption. Among the topics of individual papers are images of Paris as a paradise in a 14th-century Life of Saint Denis, the place of women in English royal genealogies, the ideological program underlying Claude of France's Book of First Prayers, and the evidence for patronage in the axial chapel at Saint-Quentin. The expertise and breadth of the volume's essays make it a significant addition to the study of medieval art and architecture. Annotation c2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Evelyn Staudinger Lane is Associate Professor of Art History in the Department of Art and Art History, Wheaton College, Norton, MA, USA. Elizabeth Carson Pastan, Associate Professor of Art History, Department of Art History, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA. Ellen M. Shortell is Professor of Art History and Chair of the Department of Critical Studies, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA, USA.