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Stories of St. Geminianus

The evident derivation of this master from Wiligelmo allows us to appreciate how different, nonetheless, his way of understanding sculpture is. In Wiligelmo's idiom the "story in figures" took on the sustained gravity of an allegory offered for meditation; here it becomes fluent, narrative, effusive: moral edification is entrusted to easy images of persuasive candour.

How to cite

Bruno Balestrini (photograph), “Stories of St. Geminianus”, work by Wiligelmo, Romanesque Sculpture, Modena, Cathedral. Bruno Balestrini Photographic Archive, https://brunobalestrini.org/cita/sch00467/. Accessed [date accessed].

This English text was translated with the help of artificial intelligence (Claude) from the Italian original, except where an English version already existed in the original archive. Read the Italian version.