Reading the Reverse Faíre of Reims Cathedral
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Author_Donna L. Sadler
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Brazen Serpent
Capetian Dynasty
Capetian Ruler
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Central Portal
Chartreuse De Champmol
Christ Child
Coronation Cathedral
Coronation Ordines
ecclesiastical architecture
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figures
gothic sculpture analysis
Grandes Chroniques De France
Grape Vines
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iconographic interpretation
Jamb Figures
Judgment Portal
Left Jamb
Louis IX
medieval art history
memory systems medieval
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Niche Figures
north
North Portal
North Transept
Otto III
Palace Chapel
Philip III
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program
Reims Cathedral
Relics Window
Rose Window
sculptural
South Portal
South Transept
thirteenth-century French cathedral sculpture
transept
visual narratology
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- ISBN 9781138108905
- Weight: 560g
- Dimensions: 174 x 246mm
- Publication Date: 13 Sep 2017
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Though long recognized as one of the most beautiful works from the second half of the thirteenth century, the magnificent sculptural program of the reverse façade at Reims Cathedral has received little in the way of scholarly attention. Interpreting the iconography in the light of Latin texts associated with the building, its history and its ceremonial use, Donna Sadler assesses the significance of the reverse façade in light of other thirteenth-century visual programs associated with the court of Louis IX. The book's chapters deal with the history of the cathedral and its architectural antecedents; the iconographic message of the visual program, the meaning of the reverse façade and how it intersects with the overall iconography; the function of the verso and how it is enhanced by the marriage of form and content; and a consideration of contemporary works linked to the court of Saint Louis, concluding with a brief look at the new roles sculpture assumes as it migrates inside cathedrals. Ultimately this book reveals how the imagery on the reverse façade not only conforms to a system of memory and mode of medieval narratology, but also articulates a dominant ideological position regarding the interdependence of ecclesiastical and royal powers.
Donna L. Sadler is Professor of Art History at Agnes Scott College, USA.
