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Signposts of the Soul Commemoration of the Dead (Important (Expensive,…
Signposts of the Soul
Commemoration of the Dead
Textual support
Inscriptions to support the visual
picture book in stone
Rise in literacy
Who speaks? the effigy, trans or 3rd party / image of corpse speaking
The Display
Cadaver - look same - so for effect not accuracy / naked
Immutable, permanent
Same as Church
Badges & heraldry - Status, links and parallels - semiology
On A chest
Important
Expensive
Wills - and contracts obsessing
Transpor logistics
Prime Locations, in church near altar
In advance of death
Competition for prayers - many dead, need for stand out
Christian Doctrine
Soul has left already (windows open)
Destiny of Soul
Concept of Self - Body & Soul
Concept of Purgatory
The Effigy
Inability to illustrate a soul
Not a likeness, more a signpost
Stylised, templates, standard configuration (on back, hands, feet)
Costume, earthy status, a last statement of indentity on earth, symbols rather than personal bio.
No realism/ feet fall, etc
Presentation curated
Surrounding symbols - crucifix / legs cross
Highly emotive environemnt
weepers
Mutuality-living and dead
What changed, what stayed same - tomb chest
Intercession
Dead inside the church / and visually in an object
vs tradition - dead are separate
Chantry - one good turn deserves another
Value in the remains / moving them / division
Seamless progressions / Temporal
Couples w 1 alive
Arch fish who prepared tomb in advance and viewed
Offspring
Alive or Dead?
Horizontal v Vert - eyes, drapes, feet
Active - dying or dead?
Intro
English
Alabaster Tomb
By def. Elite
Thesis and sequence
Mnemonics and symbol
Death is a common experience across generations
Transi - momento mori
Gender - who should be remembered
Mix M&F
Hands
Naming
Conclusion
Cf modern lying in state / Arthetha shoes