Meaningful spectacle: Gothic ivories staging the divine

• Autores: Sarah M. Guérin
• Localización: Art bulletin, ISSN 0004-3079, Vol. 95, Nº 1, 2013, págs. 53-77
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The problem of acceptably presenting physical vestiges of the divine—relics, images, and the Eucharist—was a preoccupation in France during the thirteenth century. With the specters of idolatry and sacrilege haunting either end of the spectrum, viewers needed adequate visual cues to calibrate their modes of veneration. An examination of Gothic ivories, with their characteristic forms and microarchitectural frames, reveals one strategy devised to alert viewers to the presence of the sacred. Two Old Testament typologies, the Ark of the Covenant and the throne of Solomon, furnished a tripartite visual metaphor to prompt proper adoration of the divine.