Thursday, June 16, 2011

New Books

Robert Bork, William Clark, and Abby McGehee, eds. New Approaches to Medieval Architecture (Ashgate, 2011)

Caroline Bruzelius and William Tronzo. Medieval Naples: An Architectural and Urban History (New York: Ithaca Press, 2011)

Richard Fawcett. The Architecture of the Scottish Medieval Church, 1100-1560 (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2011)

John Goodall. The English Castle: 1066-1650 (New Haven: Yale University Press,2011)

Colum Hourihane, ed. Gothic Art and Thought in the Later Medieval Period: Essays in Honor of Willibald Sauerlander (University Park, PA: Penn State University Press, 2011).

Thierry Jordan, ed. Reims (Strasbourg: Nuée Bleue, 2010)

Lilian H. Zirpolo, ed. The Chapels of Italy from the Twelfth to the Eighteenth Centuries: Art, Religion, Patronage, and Identity (Woodcliff Lake, NJ: Aurora, 2011)

Thursday, June 9, 2011

Albi Cathedral, Medina Al-Zahra Receive Funds for Restoration

The World Monuments Fund has announced grants for the choir of Albi Cathedral and the Salon Rico at the Medina Al-Zahra in Cordoba. In both cases, restoration projects were previously put on hold for lack of funds; now that funding has been secured, restoration is scheduled to begin this year.