Strange beauty
Subtitle: issues in the making and meaning of reliquaries, 400-circa 1204
By: Cynthia Hahn
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: University Park, Pa
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780271050782
Subjects: Representation (Philosophy); Reliquaries; Christian art and symbolism
Other titles: Issues in the making and meaning of reliquaries, 400-circa 1204
Description: "A study of reliquaries as a form of representation in medieval art. Explores how reliquaries stage the importance and meaning of relics using a wide range of artistic means from material and ornament to metaphor and symbolism"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: First things. Introduction; title: The reliquary and its maker; title: Relics, meaning, and response : early Christian reliquaries, narrative and not; title: Shaped reliquaries. Spolia and sign, metaphor and simile; title: The reliquary cross; title: Like and unlike metaphors; title: Body-part reliquaries : heads; title: Body part reliquaries : other body parts; title: A gathering of saints : processions and treasuries. Reliquaries in action; title: Treasuries; title: Relic display; title: A case study : Wibald of Stavelot as patron; title: The impact of 1204, the "space" of the ark, and conclusion.