TY  - GEN
N2  - 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.
UR  - https://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/artdok/2106/
N1  - This lecture was given at the Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo on Friday, 11 May 2012 in the framework of the 47th International Congress on Medieval Studies
TI  - The mechanical presentations of Marian statues in the late Gothic period
AV  - public
ID  - artdok2106
Y1  - 2012///
A1  - Tripps, Johannes
ER  -