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Larger Image	Larger image may be viewed by UofL faculty, staff, and students only (log-in required using ULink username/password) at: http://echo.louisville.edu/login?url=http://vrc-web.louisville.edu/Jpegs/930/932-26.jpg
Title	Saint-Lazare, Autun, France, exterior view, west tympanum, Last Judgment.
Creator	Gislebertus (Burgundian sculptor, active ca. 1120-1140)
Date	1120-1135?
Cultural Context	French Burgundian European Western European
Style/Period	Medieval Romanesque
Theme	Architecture (object genre) Churches Cathedrals Religious buildings Buildings Ceremonial structures Exterior views Façades Architectural elements Exterior walls Walls Portals Doorways Entrances Tympana Lintels Sculpture (visual work) Reliefs (sculptures) Religious art Christianity Cluniac Benedictine Scenes (depictions) Bible Bible stories Heaven Hell Furnaces (heating components) Weighing devices Scales (weighing devices) Balances (scales) Figurative art Figures (representations) Front views Three-quarter views Oblique views Profiles (figures) Religious (people) Men (male humans) Women Blessed Angels Trumpeters Musicians Players (of games, instruments) Nudes (representations) Nudity Costume (mode of fashion) Drapery (representations) Wings (supernatural) Hairstyles Haloes Aureoles Mandorla Musical instruments Music Trumpets (aerophones) Symbols Symbolism (artistic concept) Religious symbolism Inscriptions
Subject	Architecture Churches Cathedrals Religious facilities Buildings Facades Architectural elements Walls Doors & doorways Tympana Lintels Sculpture Architectural sculpture Architectural decorations & ornaments Christianity Biblical events Soul Hell Furnaces Scales Weights & measures Men Women Musicians People associated with religion Angels Devil Demons Monsters Supernatural beings Nudes Hands Clothing & dress Hairstyles Lifting & carrying Hiding Trumpets Musical instruments Symbols Inscriptions
People Pictured	Jesus Christ
Location Depicted	Autun (France) Burgundy (France) Bourgogne (France) France
Material	Marble (rock) Rock Stone (rock)
Measurements	Approx. 21' wide at base
Technique	Sculpting Carving (processes) Relief (sculpture techniques)
Inscription	"[…] beneath the weighing of souls, the inscription reads, 'May this terror terrify those whom earthly error binds, for the horror of these images here in this manner truly depicts what will be.' [...] A second prominent inscription on the Autun portal, directly beneath the feet of Christ, names Gislebertus as the sculptor." (Excerpts, Kleiner, pp.464-465)
Work Type	Architecture Churches Cathedrals Religious facilities Buildings Facades Portals Doors & doorways Tympana Sculpture Architectural sculpture Reliefs (sculptures)
Source	Kleiner, Fred S., and Christin J. Mamiya. Gardner's Art Through the Ages. 12th ed. Belmont, CA: Thomson/Wadsworth, 2005. (fig.17-25, p.464)
Rights	Photo/illustration credit/reproduced in Kleiner courtesy: http://www.bednorz-photo.de
Digital Publisher	University of Louisville Department of Fine Arts/Allen R. Hite Art Institute Visual Resources Center
Format	image/jpeg
Digital File Name	VRC 932-26.jpg
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