even amid the ruins the pattern significance of this order with its many of the churches and monasteries throughout burgundy is still palpable it s no accident the burgundy was home to the most significant monastic orders and of the biggest cathedrals of the eleventh and twelfth centuries the most important pilgrims way to santiago de compostela took them through here. turn cathedral houses the most significant pictorial example of the transformation of christian iconography joining that period. it was carved in stone by give back to a spittoon eleven twenty and eleven thirty five. forty. the main portal through which millions of pilgrims enter the church no longer depicted the power of god but the last judgment christ and the elders the angels that god s
missing. thus the picture clearly indicates that the central figure of the new testament jesus christ the redeemer is superior to the angels in the hierarchy even though he was a human being. the upper basilica of son plenty in room was built at the beginning of the twelfth century in it the buys and time courtly order is abandoned the christian cross dominates the ordering of the spheres still expresses number and order but more important is the concentration on the christian visual symbols they signify the opposite of power christ as the holy land in the center of his flock. love this is god as the angel of peace among us a full god it s a different pictorial message from those of antiquity all the buys and time empire
a parade and looked up into the capitals with their vivid illustrations of the evil in old its incarnations. the second temptation of christ taken from the gospel of luke makes it clear what s happening here christ determination to resist heresy and damage. the suicide of judas shows what happens when someone turns away from god the monumentally impressive knave signified to the believers that only god s word could help against old these temptations and human weaknesses. amrit although no. home alone heading southwards with the mansions just visible on the horizon lies one of the most important cities of the middle ages one of these of the modern day said a miracle he was originally
throne sits and judge over human souls which in line with the general understanding of this period threatened by evil more than ever in order to uphold order and the perfection of salvation christ and the angels have to demonstrate that they can differentiate between good and evil from this point on the rank of the angels changes dramatically in the imagery from now on they become the most important representatives of the ruler of old things a god that rewards good behavior. as christ companions the angels are lot at the role of completing salvation the angels are once again the mediate has between god and humanity they fight for god had full humanity against evil. the pilgrims moved within the great knaves as though they were in
above all an indication of the primary thing communicated by christian images order . doesn t thankfully throw one of these a reflections on quo. asked jensen how can i portray god how can i portray what is holy and purely spiritual without it becoming sensible and being dragged down to the level of antiquity which the christians termed paganism. ruston because now. the picture of a hierarchical order in heaven is the keen to christian imagery order is the prerequisite for perfection. the first step towards a self-contained christian iconography of angels didn t take place in rome in the