"Published with assistance from the International Center of Medieval Art and the Samuel H. Kress Foundatioń—Title page verso. Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-204) and index.
Contents:
Epilogue. Chapter 1. The protestant reflection of spiritual greenery Chapter 2. The spiritual maypole -- Chapter 3. Grunewald's greenery in spring and summer -- Chapter 4. The spiritual vintage -- Epilogue. The protestant reflection of spiritual greenery
Summary:
"In late medieval Germany, wood was a material laden with significance. It was an important part of the local environment and economy, as well as an object of religious devotion in and of itself. Gregory C. Bryda examines the multiple meanings of wood and greenery within religious art-- as a material, as a feature of agrarian life, and as a symbol of the cross, whose wood has resonances with other iconographies in the liturgy. Bryda discusses how influential artists such as Matthias Grunewald, known for the Isenheim Altarpiece, and the renowned sculptor Tilman Riemenschneider exploited wood's multivalent nature to connect spiritual themes to the lived environment outside church walls. Exploring the complex visual and material culture of the period, this lavishly illustrated volume features works ranging from monumental altarpieces to portable pictures and offers a fresh understanding of how wood in art functioned to unlock the mysteries of faith and the natural world in both liturgy and everyday life."--Dust jacket.
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