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The gothic screen : space, sculpture, and community in the cathedrals of France and Germany, ca. 1200 - 1400
At the heart of Gothic cathedrals, the threshold between nave and sanctuary was marked by the choir screen, a partitioning structure of special complexity, grandeur and beauty. At once a canopy for altars, a stage for performance, a pedestal for crucifixes and reliquaries and a ground for spectacular arrays of narrative and iconic sculptures, the choir screen profoundly shaped the spaces of liturgy and social interaction for the diverse communities, both clerical and lay, who shared the church interior. For the first time, this book draws together the most important examples - some fully extant, others known through fragments and graphic sources - from thirteenth- and fourteenth-century France and Germany. Through analyses of both their architectural and sculptural components, Jacqueline E. Jung reveals how these furnishings, far from being barricades or hindrances, were vital vehicles of communication and shapers of a community centred on Christian rituals and stories
Part I. The screen as structure: 1. The choir screen as partition. 2. The choir screen as bridge. 3. The choir screen as frame -- Part II. Sculpture on the screen: 4. Women, men and the social order. 5. Jews, Christians and the question of the individual. 6. Nobles, peasants and the vernacular mode
The gothic screen : space, sculpture, and community in the cathedrals of France and Germany, ca. 1200 - 1400
At the heart of Gothic cathedrals, the threshold between nave and sanctuary was marked by the choir screen, a partitioning structure of special complexity, grandeur and beauty. At once a canopy for altars, a stage for performance, a pedestal for crucifixes and reliquaries and a ground for spectacular arrays of narrative and iconic sculptures, the choir screen profoundly shaped the spaces of liturgy and social interaction for the diverse communities, both clerical and lay, who shared the church interior. For the first time, this book draws together the most important examples - some fully extant, others known through fragments and graphic sources - from thirteenth- and fourteenth-century France and Germany. Through analyses of both their architectural and sculptural components, Jacqueline E. Jung reveals how these furnishings, far from being barricades or hindrances, were vital vehicles of communication and shapers of a community centred on Christian rituals and stories
Part I. The screen as structure: 1. The choir screen as partition. 2. The choir screen as bridge. 3. The choir screen as frame -- Part II. Sculpture on the screen: 4. Women, men and the social order. 5. Jews, Christians and the question of the individual. 6. Nobles, peasants and the vernacular mode
The gothic screen : space, sculpture, and community in the cathedrals of France and Germany, ca. 1200 - 1400
Jung, Jacqueline E. (author)
2013
XX, 282 S.
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English
Springer Verlag | 2013
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