Table of Contents

Foreword IIIvory and Ivory Workers in Medieval Paris IIISymbiosis across Scale: Gothic Ivories and Sculpture in Stone and Wood in the Thirteenth Century IVThe Polychrome Decoration of Gothic Ivories VPopular Romances Carved in Ivory VIGothic Ivory Carving in Germany VIINarrative Structure and Content in Some Gothic Ivories of the Life of Christ Catalogue of the Exhibition Paris and Other Centers: Devotional Objects (nos. 18-50) Secular Objects and the Romance Tradition (nos. 51-64) New Developments in Ivory and Bone Carving (nos. 65-79) Epilogue: Pastiches, Revivals, Forgeries, and Open Questions (nos. 80-93) Bibliography Index

About the Author

Peter Barnet is Associate Curator of European Sculpture and Decorative Arts at the Detroit Institute of Arts. He is the coauthor of Decorative Arts 1900: Highlights from Private Collections in Detroit, and author of Clothed in Majesty: European Ecclesiastical Textiles from the Detroit Institute of Arts.