Reflections on the Use of Senses in Medieval Iconography
By Chrystel Lupant
English
The medieval image, as the production of a particular society, poses ambiguous questions concerning the place granted to senses. As the society itself, image gave priority to certain senses to the detriment of others. This representation thus reflected a relative distrust of some senses, and paradoxically also, the sublimation of some. Questioning iconography, between the eleventh and fifteenth centuries, shows the interrelation of senses and more specifically a development of some as an element of transmission. Sensory aspects give way to spiritual perceptions with a special place for acts of remembrance.