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Fallen idols, risen saints : Sainte Foy of Conques and the revival of monumental sculpture in medieval art / B. Fricke ; translated by Andrew Griebeler

Author
Fricke, Beate
Uniform Title
Ecce fides. English
Published
Turnhout, Belgium : Brepols, [2015]
Copyright Date
©2015
Physical Description
282 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm.
Additional Creators
Griebeler, Andrew and Fricke, Beate

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Language Note
Translated into English from the German.
Contents
Images in the Christian cult -- Image veneration and cultura veterum deorum in the west -- Dead mask : living eyes -- Shaping treasuries -- Conclusion.
Summary
"This book investigates the origins and transformations of medieval image culture and its reflections in theology, hagiography, historiography and art. It deals with a remarkable phenomenon: the fact that, after a period of 500 years of absence, the tenth century sees a revival of monumental sculpture in the Latin West. Since the end of Antiquity and the "pagan" use of free-standing, life-size sculptures in public and private ritual, Christians were obedient to the Second Commandment forbidding the making and use of graven images. Contrary to the West, in Byzantium, such a revival never occurred: only relief sculpture was used. However, Eastern theologians are the authors of highly fascinating and outstanding original theoretical reflections about the nature and efficacy of images. How can this difference be explained? Why do we find the most fascinating theoretical concepts of images in a culture that sticks to two-dimensional icons often venerated as cult-images that are copied and repeated, but only randomly varied?"--Book jacket.
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ISBN
9782503541181 hardcover
2503541186 hardcover
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Source of Acquisition
Purchased with funds from the Barbara S. Klein Libraries Collection Endowment in Art History and International Affairs; 2015.
Purchased with funds from the Barbara S. Klein Libraries Collection Endowment in Art History and International Affairs; 2015
Endowment Note
Barbara S. Klein Libraries Collection Endowment in Art History and International Affairs
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