Paul Binski FSA FBA (born 9 November 1956) is a British art historian and Emeritus Professor of the History of Medieval Art at the

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Early life and education

Binski was born to Eugene and Pamela Binski in 1956. He was educated at

Harrow School (The Faithful Dispensation of the Gifts of God) , established = (Royal Charter) , closed = , type = Public schoolIndependent schoolBoarding school , religion = Church of E ...

before going up to

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(BA 1979, MA); PhD 1984.

Academic career

Binski was a Research Fellow at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge until 1987 when he went to America to take up a Getty Postdoctoral award which he held at

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, before moving to

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as an assistant professor. In 1991, he returned to the UK to work at

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as a lecturer, before moving back to Cambridge in 1995. He was

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at the

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between 2006 and 2007. Binski was elected a

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in 2007. He is also a

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, London. Binski specialises in Western European medieval art and architecture and art theory. In August 2021 he was honoured by the publication of a festschrift which includes contributions from many of his international colleagues and students.''Tributes to Paul Binski: Medieval Gothic: Art, Architecture & Ideas,'' edited by Julian Luxford (Harvey Miller/ Brepols NV, 2021) .

Bibliography

* ''The Painted Chamber at Westminster'' (1986) * ''Age of Chivalry: Art in Plantagenet England, 1200–1400'' (1987) * ''Pintores'' (1991) * ''Westminster Abbey and the Plantagenets: kingship and the representation of power, 1200–1400'' (1995) * ''Medieval Death: Ritual and Representation'' (1996) * ''New Offerings, Ancient Treasures: essays in medieval art in honour of George Henderson'' (2001) * ''Becket's Crown: Art and Imagination in Gothic England, 1170–1300'' (2004) *''Peterborough Cathedral 2001-2006: from Devastation to Restoration,'' with The Very Revd

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. Paul Holberton Publishing, London 2006. . * ''Western Illuminated Manuscripts: A Catalogue of the Collection in Cambridge University Library'' (2011) * ''Gothic Wonder: Art, Artifice, and the Decorated Style, 1290-1350'' (

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, 2014) * ''Gothic Sculpture'' (Yale University Press, 2019)

As editor

* ''Age of Chivalry: Art in Plantagenet England, 1200-1400'' (Royal Academy of Arts, 1987) * ''New offerings, ancient treasures. Studies in medieval art for George Henderson'' (2001) * ''The Westminster Retable: History, Technique, Conservation'' (2009) * ''Patrons and Professionals in the Middle Ages: Proceedings of the 2010 Harlaxton Symposium'' (2012)

References

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