Late medieval enclosed gardens of the Low Countries : contributions to gender and artistic expression / Barbara Baert.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baert, Barbara, author.

Series:

Studies in iconology ; 2.

Studies in Iconology ; 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Altarpieces--Benelux countries.

Altarpieces.

Altarpieces--Belgium--Mechelen.

Art--Benelux countries--Themes, motives.

Art.

Christian art and symbolism--Benelux countries.

Christian art and symbolism.

Sex role in art.

Nature in art.

Paradise in art.

Themes, motives.

Benelux countries.

Belgium--Mechelen.

Enclosed gardens.

Local Subjects:

Enclosed gardens.

Physical Description:

111 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leuven : Peeters, 2016.

Summary:

During the Late Middle Ages a unique type of 'mixed media' recycled and remnant art arose in houses of religious women in the Low Countries: Enclosed Gardens. These are retables, sometimes with painted side panels, the central section filled not only with narrative sculpture, but also with all sorts of trinkets and hand-worked textiles. Adornments include relics, wax medallions, gemstones set in silver, pilgrimage souvenirs, parchment banderoles, flowers made from textiles with silk thread, semi-precious stones, pearls and quilling (a decorative technique using rolled paper). The ensemble is an impressive and one-of-a-kind display and presents as an intoxicating garden. In this essay the exceptional heritage of such Enclosed Gardens is interpreted from a range of approaches. The Enclosed Garden is studied as a symbol of paradise and mystical union, as the sanctuary of interiority, as the sublimation of the sensorium (in particular the sense of smell), as a typical gendered product, and as a centre of psycho-energetic creative processes.--Back cover.

ISBN:

9789042932333

9042932333

OCLC:

946011451