Sculpting Simulacra in Medieval Germany, 1250-1380 Pinkus Assaf
Sculpting Simulacra in Medieval Germany, 1250-1380 Pinkus Assaf Engaging with the imaginative, nonreligious response to Gothic sculpture in German-speaking lands and tracing high and late medieval…
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Sculpting Simulacra in Medieval Germany, 1250-1380 Pinkus Assaf
Engaging with the imaginative, nonreligious response to Gothic sculpture in German-speaking lands and tracing high and late medieval notions of the 'living statue' and the simulacrum in religious, lay, and travel literature, this study explores the subjective and intuitive potential inherent in thirteenth- and fourteenth-century sculpture. As living simulacra, the sculptures offer themselves to the imaginative horizons of their viewers as factual presences that substitute for the real. It addresses a range of works, from the oeuvre of the so-called Naumburg Master through Freiburg-im-Breisgau to the imperial art of Vienna and Prague.
By blurring the boundaries between viewers and In perceiving Gothic sculpture as a conscious alternative to the sacred imago, the book offers a new understanding of the function, production, and use of three-dimensional images in late medieval Germany.