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The Marvellous and the Monstrous in the Sculpture of Twelfth-Century Europe (Hardcover)
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The Marvellous and the Monstrous in the Sculpture of Twelfth-Century Europe (Hardcover)
Series: Boydell Studies in Medieval Art and Architecture
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Richly-illustrated consideration of the meaning of the carvings of
non-human beings, from centaurs to eagles, found in ecclesiastical
settings. Representations of monsters and the monstrous are common
in medieval art and architecture, from the grotesques in the
borders of illuminated manuscripts to the symbol of the "green
man", widespread in churches and cathedrals. These mysterious
depictions are frequently interpreted as embodying or mitigating
the fears symptomatic of a "dark age". This book, however,
considers an alternative scenario: in what ways did monsters in
twelfth-century sculpture help audiences envision, perhaps even
achieve, various ambitions? Using examples of Romanesque sculpture
from across Europe, with a focus on France and northern Portugal,
the author suggests that medieval representations of monsterscould
service ideals, whether intellectual, political, religious, and
social, even as they could simultaneously articulate fears; he
argues that their material presence energizes works of art in
paradoxical, even contradictory ways. In this way, Romanesque
monsters resist containment within modern interpretive categories
and offer testimony to the density and nuance of the medieval
imagination. KIRK AMBROSE is Associate Professor & Chair,
Department of Art and Art History, University of Colorado Boulder.
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