IMC 2015: Sessions
Session 102: New Approaches to Sculptural Iconography
Monday 6 July 2015, 11.15-12.45
Moderator/Chair: | Wendelien A. W. Van Welie-Vink, Afdeling Kunst- en cultuurwetenschappen, Universiteit van Amsterdam |
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Paper 102-a | Ad imitationem episcopi: St Honoré as a Model of Episcopal Action in the 13th-Century Sculpture of Amiens Cathedral (Language: English) Index terms: Architecture - Religious, Art History - Sculpture, Hagiography, Liturgy |
Paper 102-b | Horse and a Groom to Aid the Queen: Secular Figures at the Goldene Rössl (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - Sculpture, Politics and Diplomacy |
Abstract | Paper -a: Paper -b: My presentation will focus on the horse and the groom taking up about a third of the height of the sculpture, hinting thus at the special significance of those figures in connection with the entire scene. I shall suggest that this gift was meant as a token of the queen's loyalty and a plea for his recovery. This can be concluded from what we know about the queen’s dealing with her delicate political situation in the face of her husband’s illness (he suffered severe mental illness) and how this was subsequently expressed in the sculpture. The publicity of the gift exchange tradition in the 15th century allowed her to demonstrate her loyalty and her care for her ill husband and in a piece that merges a traditional theme with iconographic ingenuity. |