| Title: | Fall of the Idols |
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| Notes: | Quatrefoil on the western exterior representing an apocryphal legend from Jesus' childhood during the Holy Family's sojourn in Egypt, according to which Jesus' entry into an Egyptian temple causes numerous idols to fall to the ground (Pseudo-Matthew, ch. 23-24). Donated by James T. Womack and Anne Richardson, Nashville, TN. |
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| Date: | 1220-1240 |
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| Building: | Cathédrale d'Amiens
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| Object/Function: | Relief sculpture |
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| Material: | Stone |
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| City/Town: | Amiens
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| Country: | France
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| General Subject: | Idols
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| Library of Congress Subject: | Christian art and symbolism -- France -- Amiens -- Medieval, 500-1500
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| ICONCLASS Number: | 73B6421
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| Index of Christian Art Number: | 20 A51 CND 14W,002 K2
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https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=29268
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| Copyright Source: | image donated by Jim Womack and Anne Richardson |
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| Copyright Permission: | Creative Commons BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Attribution: | Fall of the Idols, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=29268 [retrieved September 29, 2023]. Original source: image donated by Jim Womack and Anne Richardson. |
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| Record Number: | 29268
Last Updated: 2022-06-19 18:01:23
Record Created: 2003-04-26 00:00:00 |
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| Institution: | Vanderbilt University
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Collection: Art in the Christian Tradition |
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