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Vitrearum (Allan
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Photographing the high altar at Great Haseley, Oxfordshire, photo by my Flickr friend Martin Beek (Oxfordshire Church Illustrations)
Hello my name is Allan Barton. I'm an unrepentent antiquarian, with a long-held passion for church buildings and medieval art. I once even considered making it my living and tried for a little while to make headway as an academic art historian. I even went as far along that road as getting myself an MA in Medieval Studies and a PhD in History of Art both at the University of York. During the latter my specialism was English medieval stained glass. However, after teaching for a little while other things intervened and I'm currently an Anglican priest living in north Norfolk.
Although my photostream is a standalone resource it's main purpose these days is to provide a pictorial archive for my blogs. My Medieval Ecclesiastical Art Blog 'Vitrearum's Church Art':
medieval-church-art.blogspot.com/
and the Lincolnshire Churches blog:
www.lincolnshirechurches.co.uk/
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Contacts (119)
Groups (50)
- Norfolk Churches 12,745 photos, 301 members
- Dead Famous in the British Isles 499 photos, 79 members
- Bodley and Garner 176 photos, 28 members
- Nottingham Alabasters 104 photos, 3 members
- Walsingham, England's Nazareth 347 photos, 29 members
- St Stephen's House 238 photos, 5 members
- periwig 182 photos, 13 members
- Martin Travers & Faith Craft 105 photos, 11 members
- Pentecost 109 photos, 22 members
- Ascension Day 297 photos, 35 members
- Warwickshire Parish Churches 3,956 photos, 98 members
- macabre art 9,130 photos, 1,245 members
- MIDDLE AGES IN EUROPE (Post1 Award2) 33,771 photos, 2,237 members
- Victorian Architecture 13,221 photos, 922 members
- Pre-Raphaelite and Romantic 1,797 photos, 430 members
- Pictures of Jesus and Mary. 4,936 photos, 364 members
- Churches, Chapels, Domes, Mosques, Temples, Shrines and Monaster 308,342 photos, 15,250 members
- Houses of God 11,984 photos, 459 members
- Altars Big and Small 4,528 photos, 325 members
- Church Textiles 304 photos, 37 members
- Crucified 2,682 photos, 188 members
- Charles Eamer Kempe 2,656 photos, 54 members
- Wodwos And Wild Men 158 photos, 37 members
- Medieval Murals 1,813 photos, 113 members
- West Galleries 238 photos, 7 members
- English Mediaeval Sculpture 2,164 photos, 46 members
- Funerary Symbolism 1,646 photos, 76 members
- George Edmund Street 129 photos, 12 members
- The Churches Conservation Trust in Lincolnshire (Friends). 242 photos, 21 members
- Churchpictures 2,602 photos, 45 members
- Friends of Friendless Churches 301 photos, 33 members
- The Archi-photographical Oasis 3,781 photos, 162 members
- Friends of the Churches Conservation Trust 1,864 photos, 209 members
- Photographer(s) at Work 1,486 photos, 220 members
- William Morris and friends 3,194 photos, 135 members
- Netherlandish Roundels 64 photos, 11 members
- Pietà 230 photos, 72 members
- medieval graffiti 81 photos, 38 members
- Roof Bosses In Churches 646 photos, 26 members
- Lent, 40 Days in the Wilderness 546 photos, 116 members
- Bible Stories 3,664 photos, 75 members
- Little Devils in Sacred Art 939 photos, 172 members
- Embroidery 65,237 photos, 7,079 members
- Worcestershire Parish Churches 885 photos, 54 members
- Doctores Ecclesiae 375 photos, 55 members
- Mediaeval Benchends 536 photos, 17 members
- Hatchments 338 photos, 20 members
- Misericords 2,347 photos, 61 members
- English Medieval Wall Paintings 976 photos, 50 members
- Skulls in British churches and churchyards 2,143 photos, 172 members
Testimonials (2)
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Lawrence OP says:
"Allan is a prolific photographer but the quality of his work is undiminished by the sheer quantity he covers. His passion for church architecture and liturgy is grounded in an erudite knowledge of all the best elements of medieval Christianity in England. This knowledge translates well into his photography. I believe his work forms a practical basis for his vision of re-enchanting the Church in England, with beauty, colour and rich incarnational detail.
It has been a delight to photograph with Allan - he is always good fun, kind and energetic, and his wonderful young family is on course to become another generation of church crawlers!"1st May, 2007
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Martin Beek says:
"Ever since making contact with Allan (via his photostream) some months ago now, I have greatly enjoyed his images and his comments on medieval art. Whilst strong images are always welcome, part of photograhy's function is record keeping and documentation. Allan's good Art Historical and deep knowledge of his subject gives his pages something very special, something you'll be hard pressed to find elsewhere on Flickr. I can't rsist his many images of ancient glass and wall paintings, a record of our links here in England with a rich Christian heritage. Do please take a look at Allan's work you'll find so much that is rewarding and fascinating."
25th September, 2006
- Name:
- Allan Barton
- Joined:
- July 2006
- I am:
- Male and Taken
- Website:
- My Medieval Ecclesiastical Art Blog