狮子浮雕 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	狮子浮雕
品名（英）	Lion Relief
入馆年号	1916年，16.142
策展部门	修道院（The Cloisters）
创作者
创作年份	公元 1197 - 公元 1203
创作地区	制造于: 西班牙, 卡斯蒂利亚-莱昂, 萨莫拉（Made in: Spain, Castile-León, Zamora）
分类	雕塑陶瓷（Sculpture-Ceramics）
尺寸	84 × 36 英寸 (213.4 × 91.4 厘米) Depth from wall: 16 3/4 英寸 (42.5 厘米)
介绍（中）	中世纪基督徒经常委托教堂装饰，除了他们的信仰之外，还表达了他们的社区认同感和公民自豪感。这座雕塑最初被放置在西班牙萨莫拉市圣莱昂纳多教区教堂的正门旁边。它描绘了一只巨大的、扮鬼脸的狮子践踏着一条蜿蜒的龙，之所以选择这个主题，不仅是因为它象征着战胜罪恶，暗示着基督战胜了魔鬼，还因为拉丁语中的"狮子"一词与教堂守护神的名字有关。圣伦纳德是这个教区社区的精神向导和保护者，也是所有囚犯的守护神，他本人被描绘在狮子头上方，在基督（现在是无头的）、圣母玛利亚和一位天使的陪伴下，释放了两名被锁住的俘虏。然而，与伦纳德同名的狮子却成了这个教区社区的名义领袖。此外，雕塑独特的建筑框架让人想起萨莫拉大教堂的扇形圆顶，萨莫拉是城市的精神中心，并将教区与教区所在地联系起来。
介绍（英）	Medieval Christians often commissioned church decorations that, in addition to their faith, expressed their sense of community identity and civic pride. This sculpture was originally placed next to the main entrance of the parish church of San Leonardo in the Spanish city of Zamora. It depicts a massive, grimacing lion trampling a serpentine dragon, a subject chosen not only for its symbolism of triumph over sin—suggesting Christ vanquishing the devil—but also because the word leo, "lion" in Latin, plays on the name of the church’s patron saint. The spiritual guide and protector of this parish community as well as the patron saint of all prisoners, Saint Leonard himself is depicted above the lion’s head, freeing two chained captives in the company of Christ (now headless), the Virgin Mary, and an angel. Yet Leonard’s namesake, the lion, became the figurehead for this parish community. In addition, the sculpture’s distinctive architectural frame evokes the scallop-patterned cupola of Zamora Cathedral, the spiritual heart of the city, and links the parish to the diocesan seat.