Marginal sculpture in medieval France: towards the deciphering of an enigmatic pictorial language

Abstract

Introduction: deciphering a neglected realm of images. Part 1 Romanesque marginal sculpture - subjects and images. Part 2 Reading the language and texts of marginal Romanesque sculpture: reading the codes marginal and official sculpture - a comparative study the multilayered system - patrons versus artists. Part 3 Gothic marginal sculpture: the new Gothic subjects and images the patrons of Gothic marginal sculpture a Gothic mirror of society - the 150 corbels of Guillaume de Beaumont, Bishop of Angers (1202-1240) the corbels of Semur en Auxois and Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy image and style of the Gothic language. Part 4 The late Gothic marginal pictorial tradition - a medieval subculture: marginal images in stone marginal wood carvings types of figure in the pictorial tradition. Epilogue: the place of marginal sculpture and imagery in European art. Appendices A catalogue of some Romanesque and Gothic series: Romanesque corbel series (mid-twelfth century) - St Pierre in Aulnay, St Troyan in Retaud, St Hilaire in Foussais, St Etienne in Cahors transitional marginal series - St Etienne Cathedral in Sens Gothic marginal series - St Maurice in Angers, Notre Dame, Semur-en-Auxois, Ste Radegonde, Poitiers, St Etienne Cathedral, Metz, St Pierre, Poitiers, Ste Croix, inner church, Lavoute-Chilhac, St Pierre and St Paul, Villenauxe-la-Grande, Notre Dame de l'Epine.