Visual narratives, memory, and the medieval esprit du system

Author

Kemp, Wolfgang

Document type

Article (acte de congrès)

Language

English

Conference title

Images of memory : on remembering and representation

Author (monograph)

Küchler, Susanne (Editor, Collective Author); Melion, Walter (Editor, Collective Author)

Source

Images of memory : on remembering and representation. 1991, 87-108, 8 ill.; 1 diagram

Publisher

Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC (usa)

Publication country

United States

Abstract (en)

Discerns the mnemotechnical operations embedded in the complex image structures of medieval stained glass windows. Concentrating on 13th c. examples (e.g., the cathedral of Bourges), demonstrates that they involve memory systems different from the ancient technique of loci. Explores medieval modes of visualization, describing the interactions between processes of mnemonic and pictorial organization. Looking at stained glass, liturgical calendars and calendrical forms of architecture, argues that they do not function simply as aides-memoires, encoding memorable information extrinsic to the image; rather, they must be understood historically in light of the relation between image production and the production of memory.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 300-1400 -- Pictorial arts -- Stained glass -- France
• Stained glass
• France
• 1200-1300
• S. Etienne (cathedral)||Bourges (FRA)
• Iconography
• Memory
• Narrative
• Mnemonics

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 300-1400 -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Vitrail -- France
• Vitrail
• France
• 1200-1300
• S. Etienne (cathédrale)||Bourges (FRA)
• Iconographie
• Mémoire
• Narration
• Mnémotechnie

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19941001-00348466

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