Strange Beauty: Issues in the Making and Meaning of Reliquaries, 400 - circa 1204

A Study Of Reliquaries As A Form Of Representation In Medieval Art. Explores How Reliquaries Stage The Importance And Meaning Of Relics Using A Wide Range Of Artistic Means From Material And Ornament To Metaphor And Symbolism--provided By Publisher. First Things. Introduction -- The Reliquary And Its Maker -- Relics, Meaning, And Response : Early Christian Reliquaries, Narrative And Not -- Shaped Reliquaries. Spolia And Sign, Metaphor And Simile -- The Reliquary Cross -- Like And Unlike Metaphors -- Body-part Reliquaries : Heads -- Body Part Reliquaries : Other Body Parts -- A Gathering Of Saints : Processions And Treasuries. Reliquaries In Action -- Treasuries -- Relic Display -- A Case Study : Wibald Of Stavelot As Patron -- The Impact Of 1204, The Space Of The Ark, And Conclusion. Cynthia Hahn. Related Project: Objects Of Devotion And Desire : Medieval Relic To Contemporary Art. New York : Hunter College Of The City University Of New York, 2011; An Exhibition Held At The Bertha And Karl Leubsdorf Art Gallery, Hunter College, New York, Jan. 27-april 30, 2011. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [271]-291) And Index.