We cordially invite you to the lecture from the cycle Collegium historiae artium, which will be given by Dörte Wetzler (Weimar, Denkmalschutzbehörde) on the topic of Staging the Scourged Saviour. The 18th Century Pilgrimage Church of Wies as Framing of a Holy Image.
The lecture will take place on Wednesday, October 30, 2024 at 4.30 pm in the Institute of Art History CAS, room 117, Husova 4, Prague 1.
Built to house and present a venerated object, pilgrimage churches act as framing devices. By this, they influence and form the perception and veneration of the pilgrimage´s target. Departing from that research approach, the talk investigates the example of the 18th century Rococo pilgrimage church of Wies in Southern Germany (b. 1744—1745). It stages the image of a flagellated Christ, called the Scourged Saviour. How does it convey the holy image? And which elements of the contemporary discourse form its specific form of enclosing and presenting the venerated figure?
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