title: The mechanical presentations of Marian statues in the late Gothic period
creator: Tripps, Johannes
subject: ddc-730
subject: Plastic arts, numismatics, ceramics, metalwork
subject: Germany, Switzerland, Austria
subject: France
subject: Italy
subject: Sculpture
subject: Europa
subject: Liturgie
subject: Marienstatue
subject: Christusdarstellung
subject: Mechanisches Kunstwerk
subject: Geschichte 1320-1525
description: Since the first half of the 14th century up to the time of the protestant reformation more and more finds about sculptures of the Virgin with mechanical Christ Children and Pietà figures with mannekin-like crucifixes in their lab have been communicated and commented in scientific publications. The present article discusses the history of ideas about the origins, nascency and dissemination of such works of art and their role within the piety of Western Europe in late medieval times.
date: 2012
type: Conference Item
type: info:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceObject
type: NonPeerReviewed
identifier: https://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/artdok/2106/
format: application/pdf
identifier: https://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/artdokhttps://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/artdok/2106/1/Tripps_The_mechanical_presentations_of_Marian_Statues_2012.pdf
identifier: urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-artdok-21065
rights: info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
language: eng