“Pillar-Biters” and Beyond: Images of Columnar Devotion between Trope and Reality in Medieval and Early Modern Europe
A common motif in late medieval and early modern Northern European art is the “pillar-biter.” Usually, the pillar-biter is depicted as a man who clings to a column while biting into it, but there are also representations of men and women who embrace or kiss columns. In the iconographic literature, t...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2023
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Religion and the arts
Year: 2023, Volume: 27, Issue: 3, Pages: 295-344 |
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popular religion
B sacred architecture B pillars B Material Culture B columns B Iconography B Reformation |
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