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The Trees of the Cross: Wood as Subject and Medium in the Art of Late Medieval Germany

by Gregory C. Bryda
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Book cover type: Hardcover
  • ISBN13: 9780300267655
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Yale University Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Yale University Press
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  • Pages: 216
  • Original Price: GBP 60.0
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 1180 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Sculpture & Installation, Subjects & Themes / Religious, and Movements / Medieval

A revelatory exploration of wood's many material, ecological, and symbolic meanings in the religious art of medieval Germany

"A rewarding study that is full of new insights."--Jeremy Warren, Art Newspaper

In late medieval Germany, wood was a material laden with significance. It was an important part of the local environment and economy, as well as an object of religious devotion in and of itself. Gregory C. Bryda examines the multiple meanings of wood and greenery within religious art--as a material, as a feature of agrarian life, and as a symbol of the cross, whose wood has resonances with other iconographies in the liturgy. Bryda discusses how influential artists such as Matthias Grünewald, known for the Isenheim Altarpiece, and the renowned sculptor Tilman Riemenschneider exploited wood's multivalent nature to connect spiritual themes to the lived environment outside church walls. Exploring the complex visual and material culture of the period, this lavishly illustrated volume features works ranging from monumental altarpieces to portable pictures and offers a fresh understanding of how wood in art functioned to unlock the mysteries of faith and the natural world in both liturgy and everyday life.

Gregory C. Bryda is assistant professor of art history at Barnard College, Columbia University.

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