Decorating the Lord's table : on the dynamics between image and altar in the Middle Ages

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Decorating the Lord's table : on the dynamics between image and altar in the Middle Ages

edited by Søren Kaspersen & Erik Thunø

Museum Tusculanum Press, University of Copenhagen, 2006

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" ... based on papers presented during the 36th International Congress on Medieval Studies in Kalamazoo, Michigan, at a double session entitled Image and Altar: Interrelationships ... "--P. [7]-8

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Contents of Works

  • "Domus sanctae Dei genetricis Mariae" : art and liturgy in the oratory of Pope John VII / Ann van Dijk
  • Cross altar and crucifix in Ottonian Cologne : past narrative, present ritual, future resurrection / Annika Elisabeth Fisher
  • The golden altar of Sant' Ambrogio in Milan : image and materiality / Erik Thunø
  • Narrative "modes" in the Danish golden frontals / Søren Kaspersen
  • Body and space in the Ølst frontal / Lena Liepe
  • The Stadil altar frontal : a Johannine interpretation of the Nativity of Christ and the advent of ecclesia / Harriet M. Sonne de Torrens

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As the locus of the Christian ritual, the altar has often been the object of artistic attention. Decorating the Lords Table treats the profusion of sumptuously ornate altars produced in various media during the European Middle Ages. Many of the altars display images of Christ, the saints, and Biblical personages, often in conjunction with narrative cycles depicting the lives of Christ and various saints. Investigating interrelationships between image and altar in the light of important recent methodological developments in the field of art history, the essays in this book treat themes such as the human body, materiality, pictorial narrative, and liturgy, and focus on evidence from Italian, German, and Scandinavian contexts.

Table of Contents

  • Introduction
  • Art and Liturgy in the Oratory of Pope John VII
  • Cross Altar and Crucifix in Ottonian Cologne
  • The Golden Altar of Sant' Ambrogio in Milan
  • Narrative 'Modes' in the Danish Golden Frontals
  • Body and Space in the lst Frontal
  • The Stadil Altar Frontal.

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