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- catalog abstract "Regarded as the first work of Gothic art, St-Denis experienced an outburst of artistic creativity under the direction of Abbot Suger (1122- 1151). Although scholars have traditionally seen the monastery as an embodiment of Pseudo-Dionysian light mysticism and the anagogical function of art, they have never resolved the contradiction between Suger's recognized lack of innovation and systematic arrangement in his writings and the highly original, organized character of his art program. Here Conrad Rudolph reanalyzes the evidence of Pseudo-Dionysian influence and Suger's direct role in the program by focusing on the increasing social pressures of artistic asceticism--which claimed that art was a distraction to the monk and was only to be used for instruction of the spiritually illiterate. Rudolph shows that Suger's attempt at a middle ground reform in which art was justified as a spiritual aid to the litteratus or choir monk explains the obscurity, theological complexity, and use of allegory found throughout the program, especially in the famous windows of the east end. With the help of Hugh of St-Victor, an outside adviser, Suger based his defense of monastic art on Augustinian exegetical thought and ultimately fell back upon art's traditional meditative, not anagogical, function. Examining Suger's writings, Rudolph argues that it was not Pseudo-Dionysian but rather Augustinian influence that led to the creation of Gothic architecture.".
- catalog contributor b2689807.
- catalog coverage "Saint-Denis (France) Buildings, structures, etc.".
- catalog created "c1990.".
- catalog date "1990".
- catalog date "c1990.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1990.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 109-113) and index.".
- catalog description "Regarded as the first work of Gothic art, St-Denis experienced an outburst of artistic creativity under the direction of Abbot Suger (1122- 1151). Although scholars have traditionally seen the monastery as an embodiment of Pseudo-Dionysian light mysticism and the anagogical function of art, they have never resolved the contradiction between Suger's recognized lack of innovation and systematic arrangement in his writings and the highly original, organized character of his art program. Here Conrad Rudolph reanalyzes the evidence of Pseudo-Dionysian influence and Suger's direct role in the program by focusing on the increasing social pressures of artistic asceticism--which claimed that art was a distraction to the monk and was only to be used for instruction of the spiritually illiterate. Rudolph shows that Suger's attempt at a middle ground reform in which art was justified as a spiritual aid to the litteratus or choir monk explains the obscurity, theological complexity, and use of allegory found throughout the program, especially in the famous windows of the east end. With the help of Hugh of St-Victor, an outside adviser, Suger based his defense of monastic art on Augustinian exegetical thought and ultimately fell back upon art's traditional meditative, not anagogical, function. Examining Suger's writings, Rudolph argues that it was not Pseudo-Dionysian but rather Augustinian influence that led to the creation of Gothic architecture.".
- catalog extent "x, 119 p. 14 p. of plates :".
- catalog identifier "0691040680 (alk. paper) :".
- catalog isPartOf "Princeton essays on the arts".
- catalog issued "1990".
- catalog issued "c1990.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press,".
- catalog spatial "France Saint-Denis".
- catalog spatial "France Saint-Denis.".
- catalog spatial "Saint-Denis (France) Buildings, structures, etc.".
- catalog subject "726/.5/0944362 20".
- catalog subject "Art, French France Saint-Denis.".
- catalog subject "Art, Gothic France Saint-Denis.".
- catalog subject "Church decoration and ornament France Saint-Denis History To 1500.".
- catalog subject "Church decoration and ornament France Saint-Denis.".
- catalog subject "Eglise abbatiale de Saint-Denis (Saint-Denis, France)".
- catalog subject "Eglise abbatiale de Saint-Denis.".
- catalog subject "N6851.S29 R8 1990".
- catalog subject "Suger, Abbot of Saint Denis, 1081-1151 Contributions in Gothic art.".
- catalog subject "Suger, Abbot of Saint Denis, 1081-1151.".
- catalog title "Artistic change at St-Denis : Abbot Suger's program and the early twelfth-century controversy over art / Conrad Rudolph.".
- catalog type "text".