Andachtsbild

Japanese: Andachtsbild
Andachtsbild

...Unlike the Latin people's tendency to seek magnificent and gorgeous external forms, the strict and austere people of the North, who espoused Protestantism, had a strong mystical tendency to dive directly into their own inner selves, and printmaking, a minor art, was, so to speak, a place for the private expression of this inner dive and meditation. In that respect, the medieval Andachtsbild (prayer statues), which were born out of personal and mystical sentiments, must be said to have been a distinctively German creation.
【middle ages】

[Carolingian dynasty - Charlemagne and the revival of ancient culture]
The origins of modern-day Germany date back to the time of Charlemagne in the 8th century.

From [Pieta]

…A new iconography created in Germany in the early 14th century, depicting the Virgin Mary embracing her child and saying her final farewell before burial, separated from the temporal and spatial relationships of the narrative and made into an independent statue. It is one of the so-called "Andachtsbild" (prayer statues) that appeared in the late Middle Ages, and was made for individuals to pray before in hopes of the salvation of their souls. In Germany, it is called "Vesperbild" (evening prayer statue), which comes from the fact that funeral prayers are offered on the evening of Good Friday. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Andachtsbild" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…ラテン系民族の壮麗華美な外形を求める志向とは異なって,プロテスタンティズムを信奉する厳格で質素な北方の人々は,直接自己の内面へ沈潜する神秘的傾向が強く,小芸術たる版画はいわばこの内的沈潜と瞑想の私的発露の場でもあった。その点で,個人的,神秘的心情から生まれた中世の〈アンダハツビルトAndachtsbild〉(祈禱像)も,はなはだドイツ的な創造物であったといわなければならない。
【中世】

[カロリング朝――カール大帝と古代文化復興]
 今日のドイツの起源は8世紀のカール大帝(シャルルマーニュ)の時期にまでさかのぼる。…

【ピエタ】より

…14世紀初頭にドイツで創出された新しい図像で,埋葬する前にわが子を抱きしめて最後の別れを告げる聖母を,説話の時間的・空間的関係から切り離して独立像に仕立てたもの。中世末期に出現したいわゆる〈アンダハツビルトAndachtsbild(祈念像)〉の一つで,個人が自己の魂の救済を願ってその前で祈ることを目的として作られた。ドイツでは〈フェスパービルトVesperbild(夕べの祈りの像)〉と呼ばれ,これは埋葬の祈りが聖金曜日の夕べにささげられることに由来する。…

※「Andachtsbild」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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