Depicted gesture, named gesture: Postures of the christ on the Autun tympanum
Jean‐Claude Bonne
What is at stake in the play between a gesture depicted representation and this “same”; named discourse? Using historical example, author attempts to answer question by comparing posture(s) of Christ on Autun cathedral with astonishing description comparable pose found text dating from Xllth century, which describes reliquary. In order not violate gesture, language must naturally say what it represents discursive tradition alludes — case theological but acknowledge same time, figurative economy transforms tradition. It calls for Christ‐Judge be sitting; figure tympanum shown once sitting standing, arrested motion. The ambivalent because polymorphic: can even stand up contradiction consistently.
History and Anthropology