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This interdisciplinary study interprets the façade of Wells Cathedral as an integral part of thirteenth-century English Church liturgy and politics. Carolyn Malone posits that architectural motifs, as signs, complemented not only the façade's sculptural program of the Church Triumphant but also its use during liturgical processions. Interpreted as an ideological construct, the façade's design is related to theological change, liturgical innovation and political strategy, as well as to the conjuncture of several major historical and cultural events of the 1220s. As part of the Church's empowering ritual, the façade expressed the reforming views of the Fourth Lateran Council, promoted Wells as the seat the diocese and proclaimed the covenant between Church and State in England following Magna Carta.

Sculpture, English --- Sculpture, Gothic --- Facades --- Christian art and symbolism --- Themes, motives --- Wells Cathedral --- Cathédrale Saint André (Wells, Angleterre) --- Cathédrale St. André (Wells, Angleterre) --- Cathédrale de Wells --- Kathedraal van Sint Andrew (Wells, England) --- Kathedraal van St. Andrew (Wells, Engeland) --- Kathedraal van Wells --- Saint Andrew's Cathedral (Wells, England) --- St. Andrew's Cathedral (Wells, England) --- Wells (Angleterre). Cathédrale --- Wells (Engeland). Kathedraal --- Wells (England). Cathedral --- Wells cathedral --- 726 <420 WELLS> --- 726.5 --- 246.6 --- 246.6 Symbolisme in de christelijke kunst --- Symbolisme in de christelijke kunst --- 726.5 Kerkgebouwen. Kerkarchitectuur --- Kerkgebouwen. Kerkarchitectuur --- 726 <420 WELLS> Religieuze bouwkunst. Kerkelijke bouwkunst. Sacrale architectuur--Engeland--WELLS --- Religieuze bouwkunst. Kerkelijke bouwkunst. Sacrale architectuur--Engeland--WELLS --- Sculpture anglaise --- Sculpture gothique --- Façades --- Art et symbolisme chrétiens --- Themes, motives. --- Thèmes, motifs --- Wells Cathedral. --- Beeldhouwkunst [Engelse ] --- England --- Wells (England) --- Sculpture [Gothic ] --- Façades --- Medieval, 500-1500 --- Middle Ages, 500-1500 --- Sculpture, English - England - Wells - Themes, motives --- Sculpture, Gothic - England - Wells - Themes, motives --- Facades - England - Wells --- Christian art and symbolism - England - Wells - Medieval, 500-1500 --- Gothic sculpture --- Sculpture, Medieval --- English sculpture --- Architectural fronts --- Fronts (Architecture) --- Architecture --- Exterior walls --- Art, Christian --- Art, Ecclesiastical --- Arts in the church --- Christian symbolism --- Ecclesiastical art --- Symbolism and Christian art --- Religious art --- Symbolism --- Symbolism in art --- Church decoration and ornament --- Wells --- Details