Gothic Sermon: Making a Contract with the Mother of God, Saint Mary of Amiens - Couverture rigide

Murray, Stephen

 
9780520238473: Gothic Sermon: Making a Contract with the Mother of God, Saint Mary of Amiens
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0520238478 ISBN 13 : 9780520238473
Editeur : University of California Press, 2004

Synopsis

In this groundbreaking work, Stephen Murray seizes a rare opportunity to explore the relationship between verbal and visual culture by presenting a sermon that may have been preached during the second half of the thirteenth century in or near the cathedral of Notre-Dame of Amiens, whose sculptural program was completed at about the same time. In addition to providing a complete transcription and translation of the text, Murray examines the historical context of the sermon and draws comparisons between its underlying structure and the Gothic portals of the cathedral. In the sermon, as in the cathedral, he finds a powerful motivational mechanism that invites the repentant sinner to enter into a new contract with the Virgin Mary.

The correlation between elements of the sermon's text and the sculptural components of the cathedral leads to an exploration of the socioeconomic conditions in Picardy at the time and a vivid sketch of how the cathedral and its images were used by ordinary people. The author finds parallels in the rhetorical tools used in the sermon, on the one hand, and stylistic and compositional tools used in the sculpture, on the other. In addition to providing a fascinating and cogent consideration of medieval beliefs about salvation and redemption, this book also lays the groundwork for a long overdue examination of the performative and textual in relationship to sculpture.

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À propos de l'auteur

Stephen Murray is Professor of Art History and Archaeology at Columbia University. He is the author of Notre-Dame, Cathedral of Amiens: The Power of Change in Gothic (1996), Beauvais Cathedral: Architecture of Transcendence (1989), and Building Troyes Cathedral: The Late Gothic Campaigns (1987).

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Éditeur
University of California Press
Date d'édition
2004
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0520238478
ISBN 13 
9780520238473
Reliure
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Nombre de pages
190
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