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Seeberg, Stefanie (2017). New Representations and Reinterpretations of the Holy Cross of Polling from the 13th to the 18th Century. Z. Kunstgesch., 80 (2). S. 292 - 311. MUNICH: DEUTSCHER KUNSTVERLAG GMBH. ISSN 0044-2992

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Abstract

The center of the baroque altarpiece ofthe Augustinian Monastery of Polling in South Germany forms the so-called Holy Cross. Its current presentation, dated from 1763, is the last of a sequence of four well-documented presentations of a Romanesque wooden cross since 1230. This cross is an excellent example for analyzing and comparing several methods of re-presenting a historic art object as well as for understanding the motivation for such re-presentations, which are grounded on changes of the spiritual function of the object. In its first reframing, the cross received a covering of gilded parchment and a painting of the crucifix on this ground coat. In a fundamental publication from 1994, this covering was compared with a reliquary holding the old venerated wooden cross. However, looking at the context of medieval instructions for painters and the material evidence of extant contemporary paintings, this interpretation becomes questionable: the covering with parchment was a common and technically motivated procedure rather than a spiritually motivated one.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Seeberg, Stefanie UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-246047
Journal or Publication Title:	Z. Kunstgesch.
Volume:	80
Number:	2
Page Range:	S. 292 - 311
Date:	2017
Publisher:	DEUTSCHER KUNSTVERLAG GMBH
Place of Publication:	MUNICH
ISSN:	0044-2992
Language:	German
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language Art Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/24604