Reading the reverse façade of Reims Cathedral : royalty and ritual in thirteenth-century France
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Reading the reverse façade of Reims Cathedral : royalty and ritual in thirteenth-century France
Routledge, 2017
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Reading the reverse façade of Reims Cathedral : royalty and ritual in 13th-century France
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-267) and index
Originally published in 2012
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Description
Though long recognized as one of the most beautiful works from the second half of the thirteenth century, the magnificent sculptural program of the reverse facade at Reims Cathedral has received little in the way of scholarly attention. Interpreting the iconography in the light of Latin texts associated with the building, its history and its ceremonial use, Donna Sadler assesses the significance of the reverse facade in light of other thirteenth-century visual programs associated with the court of Louis IX. The book's chapters deal with the history of the cathedral and its architectural antecedents; the iconographic message of the visual program, the meaning of the reverse faAade and how it intersects with the overall iconography; the function of the verso and how it is enhanced by the marriage of form and content; and a consideration of contemporary works linked to the court of Saint Louis, concluding with a brief look at the new roles sculpture assumes as it migrates inside cathedrals. Ultimately this book reveals how the imagery on the reverse facade not only conforms to a system of memory and mode of medieval narratology, but also articulates a dominant ideological position regarding the interdependence of ecclesiastical and royal powers.
Table of Contents
- Contents: Introduction
- Reading Reims cathedral through the palimpsest of its past
- The reverse faAade as complement to iconographic program
- Mirror of princes in stone
- Marriage of form and content
- The royal context of Reims cathedral's reverse faAade program
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index.
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