The Virgin and Child,center, left wing, Visitation, the Annunciation and the Adoration of the Magi, right wing, Nativity, and the Presentation in the Temple

8 13/16 in.x 6 3/8 in.x 53/64 in.; elephang ivory

Saint Anne with the Virgin and the Christ Child

Master of Frankfurt; 2 ft. 5 3/32 in.x 1 ft. 10 41/64 in.; oil on panel

Saint Christopher Carrying the Christ Child

Limbourg Brothers; 8 7/64 in.x 5 55/64 in.; ink on vellum

Ruumiillinen esine, materiaalinen suku : Tutkimus Pyhä Anna itse kolmantena -aiheisista keskiajan puuveistoksista Suomessa

Embobied Object, Material Family. Late-Medieval Wood Sculptures Depicting Saint Anne with the Virgin and Child in Finland Saint Anne, the mother of the Virgin Mary, was one of the most popular saints in Western Europe in the late Middle Ages. She was often depicted with two other figures, the Virgin and the Christ Child (Anna Selbdritt). The dissertation examines the polychrome wood sculptures showing this motif, with a special focus on those remaining in Finland. It investigates the meanings these sculptures had to their observers in the fifteenth-century Finland. The study sheds light to important material heritage which is little known and offers new insights into the cult and imagery of the holy grandmother. Methodologically the study is based on iconology and post-formalist art history, and it appropriates concepts such as spatiality, sanctity, corporeality, and gender. Taking a comparative approach it knits together larger tendencies and local people and incidents. By conflating methodological domains it renews the ways how fragmentary wood sculptures, lacking documentary written sources, can be contextually interpreted and comprehended. The sculptures are analyzed from three angles. Firstly, the study explores the sculptures by focusing on their materiality and facture, which is to consider them as records of their own making. The analysis provides new information concerning the quantity, location, and current condition of the sculptures and it also elucidates problems regarding attribution, dating, display, and craftsmanship. The book presents the results of the empirical study of 45 Saint Anne groups; these works are individually described in the large Appendix. Secondly, the works are contextualized to the specific historical conditions in which they were observed. The study discusses closely the circumstances in the Turku Cathedral around the shrine of Saint Anne, the popular belief, and the piety of individual persons. The sculptures, deemed as the embodiments of the holy characters, interacted with the devotees. Thirdly, the works are examined within the wider theological and ideological currents of the era centered on the body and Incarnation. Saint Anne with the Virgin and Child motif demonstrated the Carnal Trinity, the motherly side of the Holy Trinity. The dissertation argues that Saint Anne was interpreted as the female counterpart or, in a mythical sense, wife of God. Furthermore, the Child s implicit, simultaneous presence as a suffering or dead man imbues the sculptures with a sense of the Passion, thus associating them with the pietà and the Mater dolorosa motifs. The naked Christ Child underlines him as the offering and, eventually, the Eucharistic wafer. The study suggests that the sculptures mediate continuity and the bloodline between the generations by the intertwined and repeated gestures, clothing and positions of the portrayed figures. Regardless of the ostensible homeliness of the sculptures, so readily reiterated by earlier scholars, these sculptures represented creation and birth through the carnal yet holy mothers.

Étude de la fonction symbolique du paysage dans les tableaux dévotionnels de Giovanni Bellini

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Fairy tales from gold lands /

Santa-Claus and the Christ-child -- The Moorish pearls -- The two good-for-nothings -- Ching Chong Chinaman -- Zaletta -- The strong man of Santa Barbara -- Jung-Frau Maleen -- Juanetta -- Emperor Norton -- Death's valley.

Stories by foreign authors.

Spanish: [v.10] The tall woman, by P.A. de Alarcón. -- The white butterfly, by J. Selgas. -- The organist, by G.A. Becquer. -- Moors and Christians, by P.A. de Alarcón. -- Bread cast upon the waters, by Fernan Caballero.

Triptych, open, Virgin and Child Enthroned, Scenes from the Life of the Virgin

Painting, Crusader, 13th century; 22-23/64 x 18-25/32 in. (center); 21-9/64 x 8-35/64 in. (each wing); tempera, gold and silver on wood

Weihnachts-Historie = Christmas story : Historia der freuden- und gnadenreichen Geburt Gottes und Marien Sohnes, Jesu Christi ... = Story of the joyful and merciful Nativity of the son of God and of the Virgin Mary, Jesus Christ ... /

Duration: 55:00-60:00.

Virgin and Child

Limousin artist; 1 ft. 2 11/64 in.x 4 27/32 in.x 4 39/64 in.; copper: formed, repoussé, engraved, chased, scraped, and gilt; hands cast; champlevé enamel, glass carbochons on wood core

Virgin and Child, front left angle view

Metalwork, French, 12C; 1 ft. 2 11/64 in.x 4 27/32 in.x 4 39/64 in.; copper: formed, repoussé, engraved, chased, scraped, and gilt; hands cast; champlevé enamel on wood core

Virgin and Child, rear view

Metalwork, French, 12C; 1 ft. 2 11/64 in.x 4 27/32 in.x 4 39/64 in.; copper: formed, repoussé, engraved, chased, scraped, and gilt; hands cast; champlevé enamel, glass carbochons on wood core