The statue, on display at Saint-Étienne church in the French city of Bar-le-Duc, is known as
The statue, on display at Saint-Étienne church in the French city of Bar-le-Duc, is known as a “transi.” Popular in western Europe during the Renaissance, the art form depicts a deceased person during the transition between life and death—the corporeal husk of a departed soul. It’s a particularly impactful memento mori.From the late 14th century onward, some tombs were also adorned with recumbent transi sculptures. In contrast to the usual serene depictions of eternally sleeping saints, these “cadaver tombs’ showed the effects of death in stark detail. The effigy of French doctor Guillaume de Harsigny is emaciated and noseless, while Belgian sculptor Jacques du Broeucq’s 16th-century "l'homme à moutons” (“man eaten by worms”) shows a decaying body riddled with the wriggling creatures.A Look at the Striking “Transi” Corpse Sculptures. Source: http://www.slate.com/blogs/atlas_obscura/2014/09/24/transi_statues_and_cadaver_tombs_memento_mori_of_renaissance_europe.html?wpsrc=fol_tw -- source link
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