Stone, flesh, spirit : : the entombment of Christ in late medieval Burgundy and Champagne / / Donna L. Sadler.

Grief binds the worshipers together in an adagio of sorrow as they encounter the sculptural representation of the Entombment of Christ. Located in funerary chapels, parish churches, cemeteries, and hospitals, these works embody the piety of the later Middle Ages. In this book, Donna Sadler examines...

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Place / Publishing House:Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill,, 2015.
©2015
Year of Publication:2015
Language:English
Series:Art and Material Culture in Medieval and Renaissance Europe 2.
Physical Description:1 online resource (251 pages) :; color illustrations, photographs.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Introduction
  • 1 The Origins of the Entombment of Christ
  • 2 The Entombment of Christ: Echoes of the Performative Piety of the Sculpture at the Chartreuse de Champmol
  • 3 The Entombment of Christ: The Absent Presence of the Resurrected Christ and the Holy Sepulcher
  • 4 Hocus Pocus: The Entombment of Christ and Medieval ­Performance
  • 5 Conclusion: The Entombments in the Context of Late Medieval ­Sculpture
  • Bibliography
  • Index.