Title: The allegory of the Church
First published: 1998
Description: The Allegory of the church is the first full-length study of Romanesque verse inscriptions in the context of church portals and portal sculpture, and is the product of a twenty-year study. Calvin B. Kendall demonstrates how these inscriptions served to express the role of the church building as a concrete allegory of Christ and the Church. Describing them in detail, he traces the history and nature of the changes in allegorical interpretation of the inscriptions until, as medieval assumptions about language and rhetoric changed, they were finally abandoned by Gothic artists.
Subjects: Allegories, Romanesque Doorways, Latin Inscriptions, Architectural inscriptions, Inscriptions, Latin, Church doorways, Doorways, Romanesque, Ekklēsia, Bauinschrift, Inscriptions, Tympanon, Inscripties, Inscriptions latines, Kirchenbau, Latijn, Inscriptions architecturales, Sakralbau, Portails romans, Décoration et ornement architecturaux, Mittellatein, Inschrift, Versinschrift, Architecture religieuse, Bauplastik, Art chrétien, Architecture romane, Bildprogramm, Portails d'églises, Romanik, Portal, Figurenportal, Kerkgebouwen, Portalen, Poetry (poetic works by one author), Christian art and symbolism, Portails d'église, Allégories, Allegory (artistic device), RELIGION, Christianity, General, HISTORY, Medieval
Places: Europe
LC classification: NA5453 .K46 1998