medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
On 3/30/2011 8:21 PM, Cormack, Margaret Jean wrote:
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
>
> A query to the art historians on the list (especially Marjorie!) I´m trying to find pictures of the golden altars
> from the national museum of Denmark, more specifically the crucifixes with the straight-standing, open-eyed Christ, BIT ENOUGH TO PROJECT IN A CLASSROOM. I´ve found several reproductions on eg Google Images,
> but the definition is too small to be able to show them in class. Ditto for the Isenheim altarpiece (though I haven´t started to hunt for that one yet.) I want to find some good 'before' and 'after' images of the heroic vs. the
> suffering Christ. Any suggestions for links with high enough definition?
You should find some useful images (projection-sized) on my Crucifixion
and Crosses/Corpora pages, including both 'heroic' and suffering, though
neither Danish altars nor the Isenheim altarpiece:
http://www.kornbluthphoto.com/Crucifixion.html (including the Vatnås
reliquary in Copenhagen)
http://www.kornbluthphoto.com/HistoricalCrosses1.html
http://www.kornbluthphoto.com/HistoricalCrosses2.html
--and perhaps also the head of Christ from the Roettgen Pieta,
http://www.kornbluthphoto.com/CrownOfThorns.html
best,
Genevra
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