Suger and the Abbey Church of Saint-Denis, 1144–51

IF 0.8 1区 艺术学 0 ART GESTA-INTERNATIONAL CENTER OF MEDIEVAL ART Pub Date : 2020-03-01 DOI:10.1086/707336
E. A. Brown
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This paper examines the nature and extent of Abbot Suger’s work on the church of Saint-Denis during the last seven years of his twenty-nine-year-long abbacy (1122–51), topics that have occasioned scholarly disagreement, largely because of Suger’s statements in his Ordinatio (1140–41), De consecratione (1144), and Gesta (1144–49). Close reading of these texts suggests that Suger never professed to have finished the western towers (or even one of them), nor yet a transept or the nave. The work he said he had accomplished on the transept and nave is consistent with archaeological evidence, whereas the state of the western towers that Suger described suggests that the surviving evidence, sparse and complex as it is, deserves reconsideration. The concordances, contradictions, and resonances among his writings shed light on his plans, his actual accomplishments, and the rhetorical strategies he used to shape perception of his work. Inspired by a vision of the whole church he wished to erect, the projects Suger initiated after building the westwork and the eastern crypt and chevet reflect his desire to set his stamp on the entire basilica. Eager as he was to see his vision realized, Suger was aware that at his age (he died at seventy) time was lacking. The projects he initiated ensured that even if he was unable to execute them himself, the entire church, once finished, would be associated, from beginning to end, with him as its creator.
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本文考察了方丈萨格在其长达二十九年的修道生涯的最后七年(1122–51)中对圣但尼教堂的工作的性质和范围,这些主题引起了学术界的分歧,主要是因为萨格在《圣职条例》(1140–41)、《圣职论》(1144)和《盖世塔》(1144-49)中的陈述。仔细阅读这些文本可以发现,苏格从未声称完成了西塔(甚至其中一座),也没有完成耳堂或中殿。他说,他在耳堂和中殿上完成的工作与考古证据一致,而苏格描述的西塔的状况表明,幸存的证据尽管稀少而复杂,但值得重新考虑。他的作品中的和谐、矛盾和共鸣揭示了他的计划、实际成就以及他用来塑造作品感知的修辞策略。受到他希望建造的整个教堂的愿景的启发,萨格尔在建造西部和东部地下室后发起的项目反映了他在整个长方形会堂上留下印记的愿望。尽管他渴望看到自己的愿景实现,但萨格尔意识到,在他这个年纪(他70岁去世),时间是不够的。他发起的项目确保了,即使他自己无法执行这些项目,整个教堂一旦完成,将始终与他联系在一起,作为它的创造者。
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