Riders on the Throne: Animal Agency in Benedetto Antelami’s Parma Cathedra

IF 0.8 1区 艺术学 0 ART GESTA-INTERNATIONAL CENTER OF MEDIEVAL ART Pub Date : 2021-09-01 DOI:10.1086/715156
Sabine Sommerer
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This article focuses on Parma Cathedral’s episcopal throne, which is an exemplar among cathedrae with animal imagery. Embodying the more abstract aspects of their owners’ authority, animals occupy a prominent place within the seat’s decoration, thereby distilling the human–animal relationship in a way that links the legitimization of power to the act of sitting. Despite its extraordinary iconography and quality, the throne made by Benedetto Antelami (ca. 1178) is still relatively obscure. It is adorned with atlas figures carved in the round and two equestrian reliefs on the armrests, which connect riding to dominion and power while simultaneously transforming the act of enthroning and dethroning into a kind of allegory. Against the background of a more general discussion of animal depictions on medieval chairs, this article addresses new questions concerning the Parma cathedra’s animal décor, its object biography, patron, and possessor, as well as its place and role within the liturgy.
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《王座上的骑士》:动物经纪公司在Benedetto Antelami的Parma Cathedra
本文着重介绍了帕尔马大教堂的主教宝座,它是动物意象大教堂中的一个典范。动物体现了主人权威的更抽象方面,在座椅装饰中占据了突出的位置,从而提炼出人与动物的关系,将权力的合法化与坐着的行为联系起来。尽管贝内代托·安特拉米(Benedetto Antelami,约1178年)制作的王座具有非凡的图像和质量,但它仍然相对默默无闻。它装饰着圆形雕刻的地图集人物和扶手上的两个骑马浮雕,将骑马与统治和权力联系起来,同时将登基和废黜的行为转变为一种寓言。在对中世纪椅子上的动物描绘进行更广泛讨论的背景下,本文提出了关于帕尔马大教堂动物装饰、其对象传记、赞助人和所有者以及其在礼拜仪式中的地位和作用的新问题。
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