Bronze doors, Saint Michael's, Hildesheim, commissioned by Bishop Bernward, 1015

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Bronze doors, Saint Michael's, Hildesheim, commissioned by Bishop Bernward, 1015발음듣기

We're looking at the Bishop Bernward doors that date from about 1015.발음듣기

We know that Bishop Bernard went on a pilgrimage to Rome, and then returned back to Hildesheim and wanted to recreate some of the monumental art that he saw.발음듣기

And specifically when he was in Rome, he saw the monumental wooden doors at Santa Sabina that have scenes from the Old and New Testament carved into them.발음듣기

And he felt like he needed his own doors.발음듣기

We read these starting in the upper left hand corner, in which you have the creation of Eve from the side of Adam.발음듣기

And then, below that, is the presentation of Eve to Adam.발음듣기

Then the Temptation. Below that is then the accusation of Adam and Eve.발음듣기

And then below that the Expulsion.발음듣기

The panel below that, interrupted by the door handles, and we see Adam working the land on the left - Eve nursing on the right.발음듣기

And a fun fact about Eve's nursing is that this is one of maybe only twenty images of Eve nursing.발음듣기

Below that we have Cain and Abel and their sacrifices or presentation to the Lord.발음듣기

Below that the final panel is the murder of Abel by Cain.발음듣기

And then instead of going back to the top on the right it starts at the bottom, where we have the Enunciation with Mary and the Angel.발음듣기

Then the Nativity - that's the birth of Jesus.발음듣기

And then the scene is interrupted by the door handle here, is the adoration of the Magi.발음듣기

We have the three Magi on the right approaching Mary and Jesus on the left.발음듣기

Above that we have the Presentation in the Temple.발음듣기

Above that we've got Christ being presented to either Herod or Pilate before his crucifixion.발음듣기

Above that we've got the crucifixion of Christ.발음듣기

About that we have the Marys at the tomb, which was the standard scene showing the resurrection in the early Middle Ages.발음듣기

And then at the very top we have what's called the "Noli me tangere" [Touch me not]발음듣기

Mary Magdalene sees Jesus in the garden and he says, "Don't touch me."발음듣기

And so we have our scenes from early Genesis, and then scenes from the Gospels.발음듣기

Now one of the really interesting things that happens here, is that we have all the scenes lined up next to each other.발음듣기

There are some visual and also some thematic patterns that happen left to right.발음듣기

And the one that I think is a really good example - in the third panel from the top, we've got the Temptation.발음듣기

Adam and Eve are about to eat the fruit.발음듣기

And then on the right, the Crucifixion.발음듣기

And if we look at the tree that holds the fruit in the Adam and Eve scene- it's very much a cruciform shaped tree - just as we have Christ on the cross in the center of the other image.발음듣기

And then we have Adam and Eve on either side - just as we have the tormentors on either side.발음듣기

And then on he far edges of the Adam-and-Eve scene, we've got trees and then we have Mary and John in the crucifixion scene.발음듣기

So there's a similarity of composition.발음듣기

And what I think that does is bring out the thematic connection of "In Adam all men die.발음듣기

In Christ, all men are made alive."발음듣기

Which is a really important idea for Christianity - and especially for Christianity in the Middle Ages.발음듣기

Absolutely. This is a very long, old tradition in Christianity - to compare Christ as the new Adam- and then Mary as the new Eve.발음듣기

And you have traditions that the cross was made from the wood of the tree in the garden.발음듣기

So this is an Ottonian work of art.발음듣기

And Ottonians were kind of hangers-on to the Carolingian Renaissance.발음듣기

They saw themselves as being inheritors of the Carolingian Empire.발음듣기

In my mind, they're not so much looking back so diligently to the classical models.발음듣기

But there is definitely the flavor of some of that Carolingian Renaissance here.발음듣기

These are cast in solid bronze.발음듣기

And it's very much thought that the lost wax method was used here - that Bishop Bernward had his artists recreate or rediscover the lost-wax method, so that these doors could be cast in two single pieces, as opposed to being hammered from the inside with the 'repos?'발음듣기

And that is very much in keeping with that Carolingian and the inherited idea of looking back to classical and ancient models and reclaiming them and reviving them.발음듣기

Right. So we have the ancient method used here in the Ottonian Period.발음듣기

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