Ninian Comper’s alabaster altarpieces in Britain and America: queer desires, holy spaces

The Scottish architect John Ninian Comper (1864-1960) designed two alabaster altarpieces - one for the Lindsey Chapel in Boston and the other for the St Sebastian Chapel at Downside Abbey - in the aftermath of the Great War. This article contends that in both cases, the use of alabaster as well as t...

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Main Author: Lepine, Ayla (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group 2021
In: Theology & sexuality
Year: 2021, Volume: 27, Issue: 2/3, Pages: 95-114
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Comper, Ninian 1864-1960 / Altar-piece / Queer theology
IxTheo Classification:CE Christian art
FD Contextual theology
KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history
KBF British Isles
KBQ North America
Further subjects:B Alabaster
B Queer
B Comper
B Britain
B Gothic Revival
B altarpiece
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