art history

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History

 

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Kellie S

 

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March 9, 2016

 

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This sculpture is a vivid image of the last judgement, and its use of expressionist carving shows the awesome power of both the horror of the damned and the serenity of the selected few. The Last Judgement was a common theme on tympanums in the Romanesque era. It reminded the illiterate mortals of the terrifying fate that awaited them if they led a sinful life...
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The worshipper entered the church under the stern gaze of the all- seeing judge. Artworks at this time were designed to scare people into living according to the rules of the Church, by presenting a suitably gruesome vision of hell, the last judgement and damnation. Ordinary people saw their worst fears in the heavily detailed sculptures in Giselebertus' The Last Judgement, where the figures of the soul awaiting judgement are depicted as elongated and thin and racked with remorse and pain as they endure the torment of the last judgment...
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