Eloquent Bodies

Movement, Expression, and the Human Figure in Gothic Sculpture

Jacqueline E. Jung

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Yale University Press
23 June 2020

Art Treatments & Subjects

A radical reassessment of the role of movement, emotion, and the viewing experience in Gothic sculpture

Gothic cathedrals in northern Europe dazzle visitors with arrays of sculpted saints, angels, and noble patrons adorning their portals and interiors. In this highly original and erudite volume, Jacqueline E. Jung explores how medieval sculptors used a form of bodily poetics—involving facial expression, gesture, stance, and torsion—to create meanings beyond conventional iconography and to subtly manipulate spatial dynamics, forging connections between the sculptures and beholders. Filled with more than 500 images that capture the suppleness and dynamism of cathedral sculpture, often through multiple angles, Eloquent Bodies demonstrates how viewers confronted and, in turn, were addressed by sculptures at major cathedrals in France and Germany, from Chartres and Reims to Strasbourg, Bamberg, Magdeburg, and Naumburg. Shedding new light on the charismatic and kinetic qualities of Gothic sculpture, this book also illuminates the ways artistic ingenuity and technical skill converged to enliven sacred spaces.

By: Jacqueline E. Jung
Imprint: Yale University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 279mm, Width: 216mm, Spine: 3mm
Weight: 1.644kg
ISBN: 9780300214017
ISBN 10: 0300214014
Pages: 340
Publication Date: 23 June 2020
Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Jacqueline E. Jung is associate professor in the Department of the History of Art at Yale University.

Reviews for Eloquent Bodies: Movement, Expression, and the Human Figure in Gothic Sculpture

This beautifully written, ground-breaking book demands that we rethink fundamentally the ways we look at, study, and teach figural sculpture of the Gothic period. -Joan A. Holladay, The University of Texas at Austin Eloquent Bodies is important, original, and engagingly written. -Robert Bork, University of Iowa