Engaged Capital
he cloister sculptures of Saint-Guilhem-le-Désert held a special appeal for Barnard. As a sculptor, he viewed them with particular attention to material and artistic process, once remarking that they revealed “the power of the chisel,” the awareness of which he felt modern American art students lacked. Perhaps reflecting on his own student days in Paris in the 1880s and his experiences teaching at the Art Students League in New York around 1900, Barnard advocated for students to examine medieval sculptures such as these up close.
Artwork Details
- Title: Engaged Capital
- Date: late 12th–early 13th century
- Geography: Made in Languedoc, France
- Culture: French
- Medium: Limestone
- Dimensions: 11 5/8 × 9 3/4 × 17 1/2 in., 110 lb. (29.5 × 24.8 × 44.5 cm, 49.9 kg)
- Classification: Sculpture-Architectural
- Credit Line: The Cloisters Collection, 1925
- Object Number: 25.120.47
- Curatorial Department: Medieval Art and The Cloisters
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late 12th–early 13th century
French
mid-13th century
French
late 12th–early 13th century
French
ca. 1250
French
late 13th–14th century
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