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Saint Judas, Apostle and Martyr: Passion Theology, Politics, and the Artistic Persona in a French Romanesque Capital

by Guy R. Mermier , Kathryn Eberle Wildgen
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Book cover type: Hardcover
  • ISBN13: 9780820448749
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi
  • Publisher Imprint: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi
  • Publication Date:
  • Pages: 188
  • Original Price: GBP 55.2
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 445 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Sculpture & Installation

Between 1125 and 1135, it is generally agreed, a sculptor of genius usually referred to as Gislebertus carved a tympanum and a series of capitals for the cathedral dedicated to Saint Lazarus at Autun. The capital depicting the suicide of Judas is unique in the Romanesque repertoire both for its beauty of technique and for its execution of subject matter. The iconography is at once baffling and rich in possibilities of interpretation, which extend far beyond a simple image of a hanged man. One of the possibilities explored is that this is an image of a man realizing in extremis that he could and should have been remembered throughout history as Saint Judas, Apostle and Martyr, rather than as the paradigmatic traitor. There are objects in the image that demand - and receive - explanations, albeit tentative: the protuberance on Judas' back; the strap from which he is hanging; the position of his hands and feet. The interpretation is set firmly in its historical period, but the image is also discussed as an object whose significance transcends the time and the place in which it was conceived and produced.

The Author: Kathryn Eberle Wildgen is Professor of French at the University of New Orleans. She received her Ph.D. in French from Duke University. In addition to numerous articles in professional journals, she has published two books: Julien Green: The Great Themes and A Thematic Concordance of Julien Green's Journal.

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