The Medieval Frame of Monumental Portal Sculpture (Pedestals, Canopies, Niches)
| Responsable du projet | Laurence Terrier Aliferis |
| Résumé |
The main aim of the project is to carry out, for the first time, a
study of the frame of medieval monumental sculpture. Concentrated
from its origin on the portals of buildings, Gothic sculpture is
dependent on the architectural wall. First a column statue before
becoming ronde-bosse, it is always designed in relation to the wall
of the building in front of which it is placed. And it is always
inserted into a frame; but the latter has never been studied. Each
statue has a support (a pedestal) and an overhead covering (a
canopy). The pedestal can take several forms, the most impressive
being that of the marmoset, a small crouching figure directly
supporting the statue or nestled under a console. The canopy takes
the form of micro-architectures with extremely varied typologies.
Sometimes each statue of the same jamb is isolated, with a base, a
canopy and a concavity (or niche) of its own. In other cases, the
sculpted frame has a unifying function with a frieze canopy or
decorative motifs creating a continuous link between each statue.
The forms and the functions of these peripheral sculpted elements
vary according to the period and the geographical area, but also
according to the intentions of the commissioner and the power of
communication sought with the beholder. To carry out a large-scale
research by gathering together the corpus of the Gothic sculpted
monumental frame over two centuries has huge implications for the
history of sculpture and techniques and enables a refined artistic
geography to be put forward by focusing the study on cultural
transfers. Moreover, this project is strongly anchored in the
research currently being carried out on the function of the frame,
on the display of the objects, on agency and on the notion of
artistic margins. |
| Mots-clés |
dais; socles; display; agency; transferts culturels; cadre; sculpture gothique; géographie artistique; dispositifs |
| Type de projet | Recherche fondamentale |
| Domaine de recherche | histoire de l'art médiéval |
| Source de financement | FNS (Prima) |
| Etat | En cours |
| Début de projet | 1-12-2018 |
| Fin du projet | 30-11-2023 |
| Contact | Laurence Terrier Aliferis |