FAH215H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Pewter, Stylite, Multiperspectivity
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Your argument should build up on how a piece works. Argue with an image instead of a text. Saints, relics and monasticism at the transition from the late antique to the. 3 (cid:373)ar(cid:455)"s (cid:373)oru(cid:374)i(cid:374)g the death of christ (cid:272)o(cid:373)e to (cid:272)hrists"s tomb to anoint his body and they arrive a(cid:374)d see this a(cid:374)gel a(cid:374)d sa(cid:455)s (cid:862)he has rise(cid:374)(cid:863) a(cid:374)d out of the to(cid:373)(cid:271). He is poi(cid:374)ti(cid:374)g i(cid:374) this dire(cid:272)tio(cid:374) which guides the viewers eyes and we have this arch representing the tomb and this is the ascension of christ into the hea(cid:448)e(cid:374). Cli(cid:373)(cid:271)i(cid:374)g the (cid:272)louds a(cid:374)d rea(cid:272)hes god"s ha(cid:374)d a(cid:374)d these are the figures of the apostles (cid:449)ho are o(cid:448)er(cid:449)hel(cid:373)ed (cid:271)(cid:455) (cid:272)hrist"s as(cid:272)e(cid:374)sio(cid:374). Looki(cid:374)g i(cid:374) (cid:449)o(cid:374)der as to what is going on. We see multiple narrative moments taking place in the same frame. How this object is playing with the idea of sight and he inability to see. This man here whose eye and face cannot see.
