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Transitional Romanesque-Gothic Christ, 13th century.Bronze.On upholstered wood.Measurements: 17 x 10
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Transitional Romanesque-Gothic Christ, 13th century.
Bronze.
On upholstered wood.
Measurements: 17 x 10 cm. (figure); 22,5 x 22,5 cm.(support).
Figure in bronze, representing a Christ with four nails, with the head inclined on the right arm. The body lacks naturalistic pretensions, as was usual in devotional art of the Romanesque period. The four nails (later reduced to three) and the long cloth (the cloth of purity is reduced by half, leaving the thighs uncovered) are also fully Romanesque solutions. Despite the fact that the period could be a Gothic piece, it remains faithful to Romanesque solutions: the body is resolved in a synthetic manner, abstracting from the elemental, enlarging the hands and heads as these are the parts that are mainly intended to be shown. A profusion of incisions chisel the body, outlining the ribs, the details of the crown and the drapery, adding great richness to the bronze.
During the Romanesque period, sculpture was most often conceived as part of the architecture, as in the Gothic period. However, there were also examples of free-standing sculpture, the most common themes being the Crucified Christ and the Virgin and Child (the pantheon of saints was still small). There were two models, the "colobium" and the "perizonium". The first is a Christ nailed to the cross, still alive, with a talar robe and four nails. It is a rare model, as it was only made in certain European territories (in Spain, only in the Crown of Aragon, especially in Catalonia, but always coexisting with the second model). The "perizonium" is also a Christ on the cross with four nails, dead or alive, but dressed in a cloth of purity.
Bronze.
On upholstered wood.
Measurements: 17 x 10 cm. (figure); 22,5 x 22,5 cm.(support).
Figure in bronze, representing a Christ with four nails, with the head inclined on the right arm. The body lacks naturalistic pretensions, as was usual in devotional art of the Romanesque period. The four nails (later reduced to three) and the long cloth (the cloth of purity is reduced by half, leaving the thighs uncovered) are also fully Romanesque solutions. Despite the fact that the period could be a Gothic piece, it remains faithful to Romanesque solutions: the body is resolved in a synthetic manner, abstracting from the elemental, enlarging the hands and heads as these are the parts that are mainly intended to be shown. A profusion of incisions chisel the body, outlining the ribs, the details of the crown and the drapery, adding great richness to the bronze.
During the Romanesque period, sculpture was most often conceived as part of the architecture, as in the Gothic period. However, there were also examples of free-standing sculpture, the most common themes being the Crucified Christ and the Virgin and Child (the pantheon of saints was still small). There were two models, the "colobium" and the "perizonium". The first is a Christ nailed to the cross, still alive, with a talar robe and four nails. It is a rare model, as it was only made in certain European territories (in Spain, only in the Crown of Aragon, especially in Catalonia, but always coexisting with the second model). The "perizonium" is also a Christ on the cross with four nails, dead or alive, but dressed in a cloth of purity.
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Transitional Romanesque-Gothic Christ, 13th century.
Bronze.
On upholstered wood.
Measurements: 17 x 10 cm. (figure); 22,5 x 22,5 cm.(support).
Figure in bronze, representing a Christ with four nails, with the head inclined on the right arm. The body lacks naturalistic pretensions, as was usual in devotional art of the Romanesque period. The four nails (later reduced to three) and the long cloth (the cloth of purity is reduced by half, leaving the thighs uncovered) are also fully Romanesque solutions. Despite the fact that the period could be a Gothic piece, it remains faithful to Romanesque solutions: the body is resolved in a synthetic manner, abstracting from the elemental, enlarging the hands and heads as these are the parts that are mainly intended to be shown. A profusion of incisions chisel the body, outlining the ribs, the details of the crown and the drapery, adding great richness to the bronze.
During the Romanesque period, sculpture was most often conceived as part of the architecture, as in the Gothic period. However, there were also examples of free-standing sculpture, the most common themes being the Crucified Christ and the Virgin and Child (the pantheon of saints was still small). There were two models, the "colobium" and the "perizonium". The first is a Christ nailed to the cross, still alive, with a talar robe and four nails. It is a rare model, as it was only made in certain European territories (in Spain, only in the Crown of Aragon, especially in Catalonia, but always coexisting with the second model). The "perizonium" is also a Christ on the cross with four nails, dead or alive, but dressed in a cloth of purity.
Bronze.
On upholstered wood.
Measurements: 17 x 10 cm. (figure); 22,5 x 22,5 cm.(support).
Figure in bronze, representing a Christ with four nails, with the head inclined on the right arm. The body lacks naturalistic pretensions, as was usual in devotional art of the Romanesque period. The four nails (later reduced to three) and the long cloth (the cloth of purity is reduced by half, leaving the thighs uncovered) are also fully Romanesque solutions. Despite the fact that the period could be a Gothic piece, it remains faithful to Romanesque solutions: the body is resolved in a synthetic manner, abstracting from the elemental, enlarging the hands and heads as these are the parts that are mainly intended to be shown. A profusion of incisions chisel the body, outlining the ribs, the details of the crown and the drapery, adding great richness to the bronze.
During the Romanesque period, sculpture was most often conceived as part of the architecture, as in the Gothic period. However, there were also examples of free-standing sculpture, the most common themes being the Crucified Christ and the Virgin and Child (the pantheon of saints was still small). There were two models, the "colobium" and the "perizonium". The first is a Christ nailed to the cross, still alive, with a talar robe and four nails. It is a rare model, as it was only made in certain European territories (in Spain, only in the Crown of Aragon, especially in Catalonia, but always coexisting with the second model). The "perizonium" is also a Christ on the cross with four nails, dead or alive, but dressed in a cloth of purity.
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