Welch - Chapter 6 - Sites of Devotion

An insightful chapter providing a glimpse of religious sites and their uses, their customs and the expected manner of behaviour during the 15th and 16th Century. This is designed to give some idea of the true context in which many works are originally displayed, and their use in the religious life and calendar which dominated contemporary life in general. Specific sections deal with, monasteries, nunneries, cathedrals, and churches, the manner in which the church building was divided, and finally how artworks and decorations were designed to be seen in sequence within the building and within the act of worship.