RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
A1 Kucsa, Roman
T1 Between Ethics and Aesthetics: The "Aesthetic" Dispute between Bernard of Clairvaux and Suger of Saint-Denis
JF Aither
YR 2016
VO 8
IS 1
SP 94
OP 109
DO 10.5507/aither.2016.006
UL https://aither.upol.cz/en/artkey/ath-201601-0006.php
AB The presented study deals with one of the best-known medieval disputes on beauty and art. It tries to valorize possible mutual influences and relations between the main actors of this argument: Bernard of Clairvaux and Suger of Saint-Denis. The work derives from Erwin Panofsky's thesis, which states that Suger was, in his work, driven by the effort to defend his actions from Bernard of Clairvaux's complaints. The text tries, on a very limited space, to both present the contemporary discussion and to valorize the preserved sources, which are relevant in context of this issue (it deals both with the authors' texts and their correspondence). Last but not least, the study suggests some of the possible new ways of interpreting of the authors' key works: that is especially Apologia ad Guillelmum Abbatem from Bernard of Clairvaux and De adminastratione from Suger of Saint-Denis.