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A Gothic Sermon : Making a Contract with the Mother of God, Saint Mary of Amiens.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2004Copyright date: ©2005Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (191 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780520930070
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: A Gothic SermonDDC classification:
  • 252/.02
LOC classification:
  • BV4243 .M87 2004
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Plates -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Occasions and Audience -- 2. Structure and Content -- 3. Rhetorical Strategies: The Art of Persuasion -- 4. Portals and Preaching: Image and Word -- Conclusion: Looking for "Reality" -- SERMON IN HONOR OF THE MOTHER OF GOD, SAINT MARY OF AMIENS: TEXT AND TRANSLATION -- Appendix: Sources Quoted in the Sermon -- Notes -- Plates.
Summary: In this groundbreaking work, Stephen Murray seizes a rare opportunity to explore the relationship between verbal and visual culture by presenting a sermon that may have been preached during the second half of the thirteenth century in or near the cathedral of Notre-Dame of Amiens, whose sculptural program was completed at about the same time. In addition to providing a complete transcription and translation of the text, Murray examines the historical context of the sermon and draws comparisons between its underlying structure and the Gothic portals of the cathedral. In the sermon, as in the cathedral, he finds a powerful motivational mechanism that invites the repentant sinner to enter into a new contract with the Virgin Mary. The correlation between elements of the sermon's text and the sculptural components of the cathedral leads to an exploration of the socioeconomic conditions in Picardy at the time and a vivid sketch of how the cathedral and its images were used by ordinary people. The author finds parallels in the rhetorical tools used in the sermon, on the one hand, and stylistic and compositional tools used in the sculpture, on the other. In addition to providing a fascinating and cogent consideration of medieval beliefs about salvation and redemption, this book also lays the groundwork for a long overdue examination of the performative and textual in relationship to sculpture.
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Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Plates -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Occasions and Audience -- 2. Structure and Content -- 3. Rhetorical Strategies: The Art of Persuasion -- 4. Portals and Preaching: Image and Word -- Conclusion: Looking for "Reality" -- SERMON IN HONOR OF THE MOTHER OF GOD, SAINT MARY OF AMIENS: TEXT AND TRANSLATION -- Appendix: Sources Quoted in the Sermon -- Notes -- Plates.

In this groundbreaking work, Stephen Murray seizes a rare opportunity to explore the relationship between verbal and visual culture by presenting a sermon that may have been preached during the second half of the thirteenth century in or near the cathedral of Notre-Dame of Amiens, whose sculptural program was completed at about the same time. In addition to providing a complete transcription and translation of the text, Murray examines the historical context of the sermon and draws comparisons between its underlying structure and the Gothic portals of the cathedral. In the sermon, as in the cathedral, he finds a powerful motivational mechanism that invites the repentant sinner to enter into a new contract with the Virgin Mary. The correlation between elements of the sermon's text and the sculptural components of the cathedral leads to an exploration of the socioeconomic conditions in Picardy at the time and a vivid sketch of how the cathedral and its images were used by ordinary people. The author finds parallels in the rhetorical tools used in the sermon, on the one hand, and stylistic and compositional tools used in the sculpture, on the other. In addition to providing a fascinating and cogent consideration of medieval beliefs about salvation and redemption, this book also lays the groundwork for a long overdue examination of the performative and textual in relationship to sculpture.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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