Magic rock crystal / editor, Manuela Beer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Museum Schnütgen, host institution.

Constance L. Rosenthal Book Fund.

Beer, Manuela, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Quartz art objects--Exhibitions.

Quartz art objects.

Crystal glass--Exhibitions.

Crystal glass.

Quartz--Exhibitions.

Quartz.

Physical Description:

447 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 29 cm

Place of Publication:

Munich : Hirmer ; Cologne : Museum Schnütgen, [2022]

Summary:

"For a long time, people assumed that rock crystal was water that had been solidified to form eternal ice. They used it to create objects with the aura of the divine. From Antiquity to the end of the Middle Ages, the spectrum of works extended from vessels for sacred and profane objects to crosses, chess pieces, amulets, chilling balls, badges of office and magnifying glasses. The facets of rock crystal as a material, its processing, uses and symbolic interpretation are illustrated from the perspective of art, mineralogy, archaeology, philology and optics"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Crystalline Vision: Experiencing the Divine in Image and Material / Cynthia Hahn

From Mineral to Artefact

The Mineralogy of Rock Crystal Anecdotes and Geological Realities / Susanne Greiff

Rock Crystal as Commodity: Sources and Routes - Craft and Trade / Julia Bruch

With Cut and Polish Working Rock Crystal / Silke Ingenhorst

The 12th-century Rock Crystal Workshop in Cologne: Archaeology and Technique / Jens Berthold

The Freiberg Council Cross / Dirk Syndram

Treasures of Great Clarity: Romanesque Rock Crystal Works in Cologne Churches / Anna Pawlik

Rock Crystal Works from Cologne Production The Gothic Period / Adam Stead

Production and Export of Rock Crystal Objects in the Middle Ages: The Example of Venice / Michela Agazzi

The Crystal Cross in Erfurt / Silvia Spiandore

From Baghdad to Paris: Rock Crystal Carving in Mediterranean Cultural Exchange / Marcus Pilz

The Rock Crystal Vessels on the Ambo of Henry II in Aachen / Birgitta Falk

The Hedwig Beakers / Henrike Haug

Rediscovery and Appropriation of Antiquity

Luxury from the Cold: Rock Crystal in Greek and Roman Antiquity / Dietrich Boschung

Between Knowledge and the Realm of Legend Rock Crystal in Medieval Sources / Christel Meier-Staubach

The Lion, King of the Crystalline Bestiary / Isabelle Bardies

Rock Crystal Objects in Reuse: Materiality and Bearer of Meaning / Hiltrud Westermann-Angerhausen

The Panel-Shaped Reliquary in Halberstadt / Uta-Christiane Bergemann

Rock Crystal in the Early Middle Ages: Merovingian Amulets and Carolingian Intaglios / Genevra Kornbluth

Manifestation of Power and Beauty

Christus crystallus: Christological References in the Use of Rock Crystal / Holger Kempkens

The Holy Nail Reliquary in Essen / Andrea Wegener

Transparency and Permeability: Rock Crystal on Reliquaries and Ostensoria / Anne Kurtze

From Materiality to Transcendence: Abbot Suger's Interpretation of Precious Stones / Andrea von Hiilsen-Esch

Rock Crystals on Medieval Sculptures / Gerhard Lutz

Fantastic Rock Crystal Objects in 15th-and 16th-century Painting / Svenja Trubenbach

Rock Crystal Objects as Insignia of Majesty and Status / Karen Straub

Rock Crystal in the Hallesches Heiltum of Cardinal Albrecht of Brandenburg / Moritz Woelk

The Game Board in Aschaffenburg / Thomas Schauerte

The Monolithic Ewer with Handle in Vienna / Franz Kirchweger

Rock Crystal at the Courtly Table / Kirsten Lee Bierbaum

Seeing and Touching

Did the Vikings Have Perfect Magnifying Glasses? Rock Crystal as Optical Aid / Olaf Schmidt-Kiy

The Luneburg Burgher Oath Crystal / Lothar Lambacher

Physical Contact and Magic: On Hoping for the Power of Crystal / Manuela Beer.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 424-443).

Local Notes:

On the occasion of an exhibition held at Museum Schnütgen, Cologne, 25 November 2022 - 19 March 2023.

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Constance L. Rosenthal Book Fund.

Other Format:

German edition

ISBN:

377744054X

9783777440545

OCLC:

1334659531

Publisher Number:

99993303640

9783777440545