Word: metalworkers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...relationship among the different styles is not easily comprehensible to the viewer: Also the continuity of the style of 1200 is not clearly maintained through the different media of stone, stained glass, metalwork and manuscripts. The exhibition refuses to oversimplify its new conception of the 1200 style by limiting the examples. Three hundred objects-carved, inlaid and painted-seem almost strangers to each other, particularly on first approach...
Pieces of enamel fill the cases with boxes and plaques decorated with scenes or figures of Christ laced with floral designs. Abundant examples of metalwork-chalices, statues and relic boxes-also emphasize the craftsmanship of the time. A tall hollow arm, with us fingers extended (used once to hold relics), shows a peculiar aspect of their taste more foreign to the modern eye than the abstract designs...
Colors in the metalwork, enamel and stained glass imbue the rooms with rich tone: the people were not just surrounded with the gray gloom of the stone cathedrals. Large illuminated books also brighten the exhibition. But the works that insist on stopping you, that freeze their image on your mind, are the quiet sculptures of stone and wood. One large majestic figure of Christ on the cross stares straight ahead, alive but unaware of the nails in his hands: his strong body, as stiff as the shape of the cross, seems beyond the ability to feel physical pain...