The Crown of Thorns
Humble Gods and Humiliated Kings
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Product details:
- Publisher T&T Clark
- Date of Publication 20 March 2025
- Number of Volumes Hardback
- ISBN 9780567713230
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages pages
- Size 246x172x18 mm
- Weight 656 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 30 colour illus 697
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Short description:
Faith C. Tibble shows how a simple mistranslation of the New Testament led to a gory tradition in medieval art.
MoreLong description:
Jesus' Crown of Thorns has become one of the most ubiquitous features of Christian religious art, but was the original crown anything like the crown of popular medieval art and piety? The image conjured by art history is that of a bloodied, beaten Jesus, wearing a cruelly fashioned, woven crown made of sharp thorns. But this image is deeply misleading, based on a fundamental misunderstanding and possible mistranslation.
Faith Tibble rectifies this misunderstanding, showing how The Crown of Thorns underwent a yet unrecognized artistic evolution. Tibble tracks the artistic progression of the Crown of Thorns from its first depiction in the 4th century, until the 11th century, when it begins to exhibit the artistic trends that are still recognizable today. In doing so, Tibble adds new perspective to our understanding of the ideologies associated with medieval Christianity - victory, humility, perseverance - and how those ideologies are exemplified in depictions of the Crown of Thorns. Tibble demonstrates the profound and unintended consequences of a simple misunderstanding of the Gospels, and examines an unexpected trajectory in European art.
Table of Contents:
Preface
Acknowledgements
List of Illustrations
1. The Wreath of Acanthus - A Humble and Humiliated God
2.The Crown in Transition
3. The Crown of Thorns - A Humble and Humiliated King
4. The Crown Revived and Revered
5. Epilogue - Medieval or Modern? The Crown of Thorns Today
Conclusions
Index
