Author Archive for: ‘Stephanie Trigg’
Transparent Walls: Stained Glass and Cinematic Medievalism
Abstract In its representation of stained-glass windows, medievalist cinema exploits the shared capacity of both media to articulate the dreams, visions and memories of both past and present. Many films avoid the detailed depiction of religious imagery, but in their fascination with the patterns of light and shade, and the oneiric aspects of stained-glass windows they tap into what medieval …
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