Anonimo francese, Motivo decorativo fitomorfo con foglie d'acanto

  • Anonimo , Chartres and Saint-Denis capitals: Saint-Denis narthex; Saint-Denis chevet (Marburg); north tower of Chartres; south tower of Chartres; south portal of south tower and detail
    Anonimo , Chartres and Saint-Denis capitals: Saint-Denis narthex; Saint-Denis chevet (Marburg); north tower of Chartres; south tower of Chartres; south portal of south tower and detail

CODES / CLASSIFICATION

Entry number

1462

Archival series

Arte medievale

Container

22. Scultura medievale. Francia sec. XII-XIII

Folder

Saint-Denis

OBJECT

Object

capitello

Subject

Motivo decorativo fitomorfo con foglie d'acanto

Medium and dimensions

pietra

AUTHOR

Autore

Anonimo francese

Reason for attribution

bibliografia

Cultural context

Scuola francese

Dating

Century

sec. XII

Dates (from – to)

1100 ca.  - 1199 ca. 

LOCATIONS

Last known

(Francia)

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Reference

Stoddard Whitney S., The West portals of Saint-Denis and Chartres: sculpture in the Ile de France from 1140 to 1190, 1952, tav. XXII

NOTES

Notes

I capitelli in esame concentrano in essi i dati essenziali dello stile gotico francese, non a caso ornano due delle cattedrali più importanti (la Basilique Cathédrale de Saint-Denis e la Cathédrale de Notre-Dame de Chartres).
Bibliografia specifica:
Set in Stone: The Face in Medieval Sculpture, Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.), 2006; Snyder, J. E., Early Gothic Column-figure Sculpture in France: Appearance, Materials and Significance, Farnham, 2001.

PHOTOGRAPHS

Photo Entry

Anonimo , Chartres and Saint-Denis capitals: Saint-Denis narthex; Saint-Denis chevet (Marburg); north tower of Chartres; south tower of Chartres; south portal of south tower and detail