- 著者
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坂田 奈々絵
- 出版者
- 美学会
- 雑誌
- 美学 (ISSN:05200962)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.66, no.2, pp.13-24, 2015-12-31 (Released:2017-05-22)
Abbot Suger led the rebuilding of the Abbey of Saint-Denis in the twelfth century. He recorded his theological ideas about the new building and the love of jewels and gold. E. Panofsky has described this document as expressing typical medieval aesthetic ideas. In the same age, Bernard of Clairvaux worked to reform monasticism. He thought that the luxuries of monastic buildings and churches were contrary to the rules of Benedict. Both of these abbots considered art to be a spiritual aide, and thought that the use of art in religious buildings was meaningful. However, Suger had an optimistic view of the use of "the materials" and arts, whereas Bernard was more cautious. We can argue that these differences stem from their contrasting views of liturgy. For these men, liturgical theology was a basis for the theory of the material world, and art in particular. Suger argued that liturgy represented a harmony between the material and the immaterial, emphasizing the incarnation and creation of God in the liturgy. In this way, he paid attention to the way that material things were used in the service of God, and saw their secular value as also representing their suitableness for God. However, Bernard emphasized the relation between liturgies, congregations, and symbols. He regarded the spiritual attitude of the congregation as more important, and argued that liturgical ceremony itself does not produce sanctity. He also argued that material treasures such as jewels were potentialy dangerous.