COLLECTION NAME:
Archivision Base to Module 9 mediaCollectionId ARCHIVISIONBASETO9~1~1 Archivision Base to Module 9 Collection true
Record
Preferred Title:
South Portal of Saint-Pierre, Moissac [plaster cast] Work_PrefTitle South Portal of Saint-Pierre, Moissac [plaster cast] Preferred Title false
Alternate Title:
Reproduction of South Portal of Saint-Pierre, Moissac Work_AltTitle Reproduction of South Portal of Saint-Pierre, Moissac Alternate Title false
Image View:
Tympanum; Christ enthroned surrounded by the four living creatures (attributes of the four Evangelists) Image_Title Tympanum; Christ enthroned surrounded by the four living creatures (attributes of the four Evangelists) Image View false
Creator:
unknown (French cast maker) Agent_Display unknown (French cast maker) Creator false
Location:
repository: Palais de Chaillot (Paris, Île-de-France, France) Work_Location_Type_Display repository: Palais de Chaillot (Paris, Île-de-France, France) Location false
Location Note:
Cité de l'Architecture et du Patrimoine (Musée national des Monuments Français), galerie Davioud; 1, Place du Trocadéro Work_LocationNotes Cité de l'Architecture et du Patrimoine (Musée national des Monuments Français), galerie Davioud; 1, Place du Trocadéro Location Note false
GPS:
+48.862760+2.288279
Date:
1879 (creation) Work_DateDisplay 1879 (creation) Date false
Cultural Context:
French Work_Culture French Cultural Context false
Style Period:
Nineteenth century Work_StylePeriodDisplay Nineteenth century Style Period false
Work Type 1:
replica Work_Worktype1 replica Work Type 1 false
Work Type 2:
portal Work_Worktype2 portal Work Type 2 false
Work Type 3:
tympanum Work_Worktype3 tympanum Work Type 3 false
Classification:
sculpture Work_Classification sculpture Classification false
Material:
patinated plaster Work_MaterialDisplay patinated plaster Material false
Technique:
casting (process) Work_Technique casting (process) Technique false
Description:
In the late Victorian era, plaster casts of outstanding world artworks were produced by various vendors for museums (and world's fairs), spurred by an initiative of Prince Albert in Great Britain. Just a few museums, like the V&A and the Musée national des Monuments Français (Galerie des Moulages) went to extraordinary lengths to develop their own large, unique casts. The present cast collection (in what was the Palais du Trocadéro), was proposed by Viollet-le-Duc in 1879, which is the year this cast was made. It is a cast of the south portal of the former Benedictine abbey (Eglise abbatiale Saint-Pierre) in Moissac, Tarn-et-Garonne department, southwestern France. The giant tympanum, over 6 m wide, represents a theophanic vision, the iconographic source of which has been disputed. Christ, enthroned and wearing a crown, is surrounded by the four living creatures and the twenty-four Elders described in Revelation 4; they carry cups and musical instruments as in Revelation 5. There are also relief panels on the walls flanking the portal. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordartonline.com/)
Image Description:
Represents a theophanic vision, the iconographic source of which has been disputed. Christ, enthroned and wearing a crown, is surrounded by the four living creatures and the twenty-four Elders described in Revelations. Image_Description Represents a theophanic vision, the iconographic source of which has been disputed. Christ, enthroned and wearing a crown, is surrounded by the four living creatures and the twenty-four Elders described in Revelations. Image Description false
Collection:
Archivision Addition Module Seven LocalCollection Archivision Addition Module Seven Collection false
Identifier:
1A2-F-MO-SP-A8 Image_OriginalVendorID 1A2-F-MO-SP-A8 Identifier false
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

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