medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
From: John Dillon <[log in to unmask]>
> On Friday, July 29, 2011, at 1:03 am, I sent:
>> 1) Martha of Bethany (d. 1st cent.).
>> a) M. as portrayed in a twelfth-century statute (prob. 1140s; perh. late
1160s or 1170s) from the now destroyed tomb of St. Lazarus in the église
(later, cathédrale) Saint-Lazare at Autun:
> > http://tinyurl.com/3kfgbx4
> Christopher Crockett's initial post from 2010 on the statuary surviving from
Lazarus' tomb at Autun has images of other of its sculptures. See
<http://tinyurl.com/3chsmor>. Subsequent posts in that thread furnished
further details.
yes, well CC's 2010 post comes out in favor of the 1140-ish date, which is
pretty much delusional (hard to say what the Old Guy might have been smoking,
that day), given the fact that this particular figure of Peter
http://www.sacred-destinations.com/france/autun-musee-rolin-photos/slides/xti_2811p
http://www.sacred-destinations.com/france/autun-musee-rolin-photos/slides/xti_2812p
is so clearly advanced in both its approach to plastic form (e.g., in the
astonishing complexity of the planes of the face) and in the expressive power
displayed in the use of gestures and facial expression.
the former is considerably less apparent in the figures of Mary & Martha
http://www.sacred-destinations.com/france/autun-musee-rolin-photos/slides/xti_2837p
http://www.sacred-destinations.com/france/autun-musee-rolin-photos/slides/xti_2836p
but this would most reasonably be attributable to a clear difference in
sculptors --whose fundamental approach to drapery style is quite distinct,
though they both certainly share that second element of expressive power.
this is, clearly, late ["Baroque"] Romanesque (especially the St. Peter).
neither of these basic elements is to be seen in, say, the work of the other
Burgundian sculptors of the 1130s-40s (certainly not in that of the
comparatively ham-handed Gislebertus nor the Vezelay master/shop) --nor are
they to be found in the Ile-de-France before the later 1150s (perhaps in the
most advanced archivolts of the Chartres royal portal) or on the portal of
Senlis (work which comes from a completely different stylistic tradition), in
the 1160s.
don't believe everything you read on The Innernets, folks.
c
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