Inventing a New Antiquity

As has been noted by a number of scholars, the reliquary-altar depicting the martyrdom of Saint Saturninus at the abbey church of Saint-Hilaire d'Aude - generally attributed to the enigmatic Master of the Tympanum of Cabestany - is a puzzling and potentially deceptive 12th-century work of art....

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Autor: Castiñeiras, Manuel|||0000-0001-9389-467X
Tipo de recurso: capítulo de libro
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
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Idioma:inglés
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Palabra clave:Arte Románico
Altar Románico
Maestro de Cabestany
Escultura Románica
Pervivencia del arte clásico en la Edad Media
Saint-Hilaire d'Aude
Reliquias
Hagiografías
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spelling Inventing a New Antiquitythe Reliquary-altar Depicting the Martyrdom of Saint Saturninus at Saint-Hilaire d'AudeCastiñeiras, Manuel|||0000-0001-9389-467XArte RománicoAltar RománicoMaestro de CabestanyEscultura RománicaPervivencia del arte clásico en la Edad MediaSaint-Hilaire d'AudeReliquiasHagiografíasAs has been noted by a number of scholars, the reliquary-altar depicting the martyrdom of Saint Saturninus at the abbey church of Saint-Hilaire d'Aude - generally attributed to the enigmatic Master of the Tympanum of Cabestany - is a puzzling and potentially deceptive 12th-century work of art. Superficially it resembles a Late-Antique sarcophagus, carved in the Roman manner on three faces, though the size of the internal cavity makes it clear that it is in fact a reliquary-altar. Furthermore, the style of its carvings is deliberately archaic and designed to emulate Early Christian sculpture. In short, the intention seems to have been to create a sort of counterfeit that might persuade an onlooker to view the altar as a genuine reused Late Antique sarcophagus. One can find similar instances of the imitation of Antiquity elsewhere in 12th-century Languedoc and Tuscany, in which the aim seems to have been to evoke a prestigious past. From a formal point of view, it has led scholars to propose a long and varied training for the Cabestany Master in Tuscany, Languedoc, and even Catalonia. However, certain iconographical details at Saint-Hilaire reveal something of the sources the artist used in carving the reliquary-altar and of the underlying intention behind its creation. This evidence points to a direct knowledge of Roman sculpture reused in 11th-and-12th-century Pisa, as Laura Bartolomé has pointed out. Furthermore, the Benedictine milieu of the abbey, the interests of the family of the Trencavel counts of Carcassonne and the emerging Albigensian conflict are the historical context for the making of this 'sarcophagus'. It will be concluded that the reliquary-altar acts as a type of manifesto, distancing the community for whom it was made from heresy, in an attempt reclaim the orthodoxy of the past and implicitly compare the troubling present to the age of St. Saturninus and St. Hilaire de Carcassonne.Taylor & Francis/Routledge 220202020-01-0121002100-01-01Capítol de llibrehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_3248VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/bookParthttps://ddd.uab.cat/record/305699reponame:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UABinstname:Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaInglésengembargoed accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_f1cfAquest material està protegit per drets d'autor i/o drets afins. Podeu utilitzar aquest material en funció del que permet la legislació de drets d'autor i drets afins d'aplicació al vostre cas. Per a d'altres usos heu d'obtenir permís del(s) titular(s) de drets.https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/embargoedAccessoai:ddd.uab.cat:3056992026-06-06T12:50:31Z
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the Reliquary-altar Depicting the Martyrdom of Saint Saturninus at Saint-Hilaire d'Aude
title Inventing a New Antiquity
spellingShingle Inventing a New Antiquity
Castiñeiras, Manuel|||0000-0001-9389-467X
Arte Románico
Altar Románico
Maestro de Cabestany
Escultura Románica
Pervivencia del arte clásico en la Edad Media
Saint-Hilaire d'Aude
Reliquias
Hagiografías
title_short Inventing a New Antiquity
title_full Inventing a New Antiquity
title_fullStr Inventing a New Antiquity
title_full_unstemmed Inventing a New Antiquity
title_sort Inventing a New Antiquity
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Castiñeiras, Manuel|||0000-0001-9389-467X
author Castiñeiras, Manuel|||0000-0001-9389-467X
author_facet Castiñeiras, Manuel|||0000-0001-9389-467X
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Arte Románico
Altar Románico
Maestro de Cabestany
Escultura Románica
Pervivencia del arte clásico en la Edad Media
Saint-Hilaire d'Aude
Reliquias
Hagiografías
topic Arte Románico
Altar Románico
Maestro de Cabestany
Escultura Románica
Pervivencia del arte clásico en la Edad Media
Saint-Hilaire d'Aude
Reliquias
Hagiografías
description As has been noted by a number of scholars, the reliquary-altar depicting the martyrdom of Saint Saturninus at the abbey church of Saint-Hilaire d'Aude - generally attributed to the enigmatic Master of the Tympanum of Cabestany - is a puzzling and potentially deceptive 12th-century work of art. Superficially it resembles a Late-Antique sarcophagus, carved in the Roman manner on three faces, though the size of the internal cavity makes it clear that it is in fact a reliquary-altar. Furthermore, the style of its carvings is deliberately archaic and designed to emulate Early Christian sculpture. In short, the intention seems to have been to create a sort of counterfeit that might persuade an onlooker to view the altar as a genuine reused Late Antique sarcophagus. One can find similar instances of the imitation of Antiquity elsewhere in 12th-century Languedoc and Tuscany, in which the aim seems to have been to evoke a prestigious past. From a formal point of view, it has led scholars to propose a long and varied training for the Cabestany Master in Tuscany, Languedoc, and even Catalonia. However, certain iconographical details at Saint-Hilaire reveal something of the sources the artist used in carving the reliquary-altar and of the underlying intention behind its creation. This evidence points to a direct knowledge of Roman sculpture reused in 11th-and-12th-century Pisa, as Laura Bartolomé has pointed out. Furthermore, the Benedictine milieu of the abbey, the interests of the family of the Trencavel counts of Carcassonne and the emerging Albigensian conflict are the historical context for the making of this 'sarcophagus'. It will be concluded that the reliquary-altar acts as a type of manifesto, distancing the community for whom it was made from heresy, in an attempt reclaim the orthodoxy of the past and implicitly compare the troubling present to the age of St. Saturninus and St. Hilaire de Carcassonne.
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