Artifacts, iconology, and the visual process: liturgical objects in Finland and beyond, c.1350-1550
While retaining the iconological method, the study of Finnish as well as Scandinavian medieval liturgical artifacts has moved towards the analysis of their wider visual context. Such a shift creates a tension between the traditional means of art historical inquiry, and the concerns of visual studies...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis
[2011]
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Material religion
Year: 2011, Volume: 7, Issue: 2, Pages: 194-219 |
| Further subjects: | B
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B Iconology B liturgical artifacts B Visual Culture B Finland B Late Middle Ages |
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| Summary: | While retaining the iconological method, the study of Finnish as well as Scandinavian medieval liturgical artifacts has moved towards the analysis of their wider visual context. Such a shift creates a tension between the traditional means of art historical inquiry, and the concerns of visual studies. The visual disseminates into the nonvisual, and this complex relationship with the semiotic, material as well as social, is crucial for approaching the artifactuality and visuality of the objects. From this basis, three points of interest emerge: the first is the production and materiality of liturgical artifacts, their three-dimensionality and its relationship with the technologies of producing, distributing and copying other three-as well as two-dimensional images. The second lies in the ways in which the liturgical equipment formed an effective whole, a signifying system in itself and together with the ecclesiastical practices. Third, in order to tease the artifacts out of the church context towards the secular, the connections between the ecclesiastical and secular imagery and visual practices require further analysis. The concept of visual process is introduced in order to recognize the importance of spatial, temporal, and social context for approaching the artifacts and their iconological content. |
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| ISSN: | 1751-8342 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Material religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2752/175183411X13070210372788 |