Gothic ivory sculpture : content and context

Résumé du livre

The study of Gothic ivory carving has been given a new impetus in recent years through the launch in 2010 of the Gothic Ivories Project at The Courtauld Institute of Art. Showcasing this recent research, the present volume includes papers from two conferences organised by the Project in partnership with the Victoria and Albert Museum (2012) and the British Museum (2014). The opening section of papers places the objects in their original context through close material examination, iconographic and stylistic analysis, and use of primary sources, with a focus on the 13th and 14th century. The second section turns to the late 15th and early 16th century when the production of ivory carvings, while still adhering to some older models, undergoes changes and ventures into new territories, both in terms of function and iconography. The final section offers a rich panorama of the particular taste for ivory developed by collectors all over Europe in the 19th and early 20th century. Finally, a thought-provoking epilogue addresses the question of gothic ivory sculpture in the age of digitisation and 3D printing.List of IllustrationsNotes on ContributorsAcknowledgementsPrefaceCATHERINE YVARDI. Production and Uses: Thirteenth to Fourteenth CenturyA Flagellation Scene Reunited: a Reassessment of Early Fourteenth-Century Ivory Altarpieces and TabernaculaELISABETH ANTOINE-KÖNIG, JULIETTE LEVY-HINSTINMade in Cologne: New Perspectives on the Kremsmünster WorkshopMICHELE TOMASIBuying, Gifting, Storing: Ivory Virgins in Documentary Sources from Late Medieval Central EuropeCHRISTIAN NIKOLAUS OPITZII. Ivory Carving in Transition: Late Fifteenth to Early Sixteenth Century Translated Images: from Print to Ivory in the Late Fifteenth and Early Sixteenth CenturyCATHERINE YVARD'La Chambre aux dentz d'yvoire': an Introduction to the Inventory of Chicart BaillyKATHERINE EVE BAKERAnatomical Impulses in Sixteenth-Century Memento MoriIvoriesSTEPHEN PERKINSONIII. Ivory and the Collector: Nineteenth to Twentieth CenturyGothic and Late Medieval Ivories from the Collection of Clemens Wenceslaus Count of Renesse-BreidbachFRANZ KIRCHWEGER'A Great Harvest': the Acquisition of William Maskell's IvoryCollection by the British MuseumNAOMI SPEAKMANOn Paul Thoby, the Musée Dobrée and Medieval IvoriesCAMILLE BROUCKEEpilogue: Touching Ivory OnlineJACK HARTNELLPhotograph Credits.