Painted altar frontals from the Middle Ages are rare. In Norway 31 wooden panels, from the period 1250-1350 are preserved - the largest group of paintings from this period in Northern Europe. These are executed in a characteristically English-influenced contemporary stylistic language, in an oil technique created within a European workshop tradition.
This 3-volume book is an exhaustive survey, covering both art-history and technology. It is an important source for everyone interested in Northern medieval painting.
The first volume is the co-operative work of three authors: E.B.Hohler, N.J.Morgan and A. Wichstrom, presenting the history, style and iconography of the paintings. The second, written by U. Plahter, with a contribution by R. White, presents the carpentry and the painting techniques, with analyses of the materials, their composition, and their origin. The thorough studies of these paintings in Norway have established new facts about European medieval oil painting in general, and are presented here for the first time in their complete context. The third volume contains the illustrations.
Contents Vol I, Style and iconography: Research history. The frontals in their contemporary society. Dating, styles and workshops. The frontals in an international context. General description. Catalogue. Bibliography. Vol. II, Materials and techniques: Supports. Paints. Analyses. Catalogue. Bibliography. Vol.III, Illustrations.
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