THE NORTHERN PORTAL OF RIGA DOME CATHEDRAL (Rigas Doma ziemelu portals)

• Authors: Bergholde Agnese
• Languages of publication: LV

Abstracts

EN

The article examines the northern portal of Riga Dome Cathedral, a significant monument of late Romanesque sculpture in the Baltic region. Medieval plastic decor is found in the interior, former monastery complex, cloister and chapter house. There are about 300 decorated capitals and consoles, large part dating back to 13th century, including the northern portal. Art historians have taken up medieval plastic decorations of Riga Dome Cathedral since the late 19th century, but no separate research of the northern portal has been carried out. The article discusses several stylistic analogies, such as St. Mary's Church in Visby, St. John's Church in Haapsalu, Dome Church in Lubeck, Dome Church in Limburg, etc.

Keywords

EN

CAPITALS; CONSOLES; MEDIEVAL ARCHITECTURE; MEDIEVAL SCULPTURE; PLASTIC DECOR; RIGA DOME CATHEDRAL; ROMANESQUE

Discipline

• ARTS_&_ARCHITECTURE: ARTS & ARCHITECTURE

• Publisher: Institute of Art History of the Latvian Academy of Art and Art History Research Support Foundation
• Journal: Makslas Vesture un Teorija
• Year: 2008
• Volume: 11
• Pages: 5-14
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Bergholde Agnese

• Agnese Bergholde, no data

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

11LVAAAA090929