Tabernacle-altarpieces: Variety within Unity

  1. Gutiérrez Baños, Fernando 1
  2. Kroesen, Justin 2
  3. Andersen, Elisabeth 3
  1. 1 Universidad de Valladolid
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    Universidad de Valladolid

    Valladolid, España

    ROR https://ror.org/01fvbaw18

  2. 2 University of Bergen
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    University of Bergen

    Bergen, Noruega

    ROR https://ror.org/03zga2b32

  3. 3 Norsk institutt for kulturminneforskning
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Journal:
Medievalia

ISSN: 0211-3473,  2014-8410

Year of publication: 2020

Volume: 23

Pages: 9-14

Type: Article

DOI: 10.5565/REV/MEDIEVALIA.518 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openDDD editor

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Abstract

Altarpieces are among the most outstanding and celebrated achievements of medieval art. They were the fruits of the joint efforts, skills and ambitions of artists and patrons. Often combining different media, they reflected a great deal of the faith, ideals, hopes, anxieties and devotions of Christian communities. Altarpieces were erected in churches of all ranks, from cathedrals and monumental abbeys down to modest country churches. Over the ages, medieval altarpieces continuously grew larger and more magnificent. They became symbols of the identity and pride of communities and individuals, for whom they sometimes even became the object of emulation.

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