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March 25, 2009
Kirk Ambrose The Nave Sculpture of Vézeley: The Art of Monastic Viewing Toronto: Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, 2006. 210 pp.; 150 b/w ills. Cloth $94.95 (9780888441546)
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Vézelay, with its astonishing triple portal, luminous interior, and exquisitely carved, inventive capitals is a monument that all historians of medieval art must address at some point in their careers, whether as students, teachers, or researchers. It is a challenging and difficult subject. In The Nave Sculpture of Vézelay, Kirk Ambrose offers a reconsideration of the 135 nave capitals, less studied than the portal sculpture in part because of the problems they pose. The capitals...