Madonna's Roles

The actual chess pieces were found, and there was quite a number of each figure and some were varied slightly, indicating different sets. The material that was used to create them was walrus ivory and whale tooth. These were rare materials and there was a need of a lot skilled craftsmen in metal tools to create them, they were expensive to produce, therefore. The patron of this set must be wealthy and to have power, since the medieval period and those who had enough money for such pieces creation, were tending to be nobility or to be ruling class. Those that have the power over others did not have the other way. The pieces themselves represented the feudal society of the medieval period. A contemporary dress was required to the 12th century. Chess represented a class structure representing (king, queen) the more the decorations and status (pawns) that were all identical and plain. This mirrored the view of society where the ruling class were the ones being embellished in fine clothes and jewelry, living in larger accommodation and did not partaking in the hard labor, but being involved in the administrative decisions, and generally they were focusing on society versus the provincial lower class who were seen as a group but not the individuals. The king was sitting on a thrown with a sword on his lap and a crown on his head. …show more content…
There was delicate designs on the piece (thrown and robe).\The queen was sitting on a thrown, veil underneath her crown, a lot of delicate designs on the piece (thrown and robe), chin resting on her hand. An important note in this fashion was iconic in Madonna representation and child, representations of the queen figure as the Virgin Mary that is drawing a comparison between the two figures. The association with Madonna and child were a major statement that was in a Christian land, and the importance of the religious figures was then transcended subtly towards the queen and the monarchy. The bishop was dressed in their ceremonial clothes holding a bible in one hand and a croziers (a hooked staff carried by a bishop as a symbol of pastoral office) in the other, or holding the crosier with both hands but without Bible holding.. The knight was on a horseback, wearing helmets and armor and being ready for battle, caring shields and what appears to be a spear. The warders or rooks were standing on foot, dressed in a similar vain to the knights, with armor and helmets and are caring a shield and sword across their chest, or to the side (depending on the piece). The pawns were abstract and simple in form it was played apart due to the influence of trade and the origin of the game. However, the choice to keep the pawns was a form playing as a part in how the infantry or presents were viewed (since that is who the paws represent, the lowest in the feudal hierarchy). They had no form of identity, no faces no intricate details, or props, in comparison with the rest of the pieces. There was a focus on the king, through the detail and the position that chess piece plays. The hunt for the stag and generally hunting was an activity heavily focused on in the medieval period, and it was a leisurely activity of the kings and nobility. Therefore, it has been in a great association with the powers of the time and it was also a major theme in medieval literature. Men in the medieval time period were quite fond of hunting as an activity. A common motif in medieval literature was associated with the idea of a hero, hero’s hunt and they were associated with a journey and getting somewhere. Hunting was usually a leisurely activity that the higher class and ruling powers were partaking in, having a lot of connotations with the idea of power and domination. They were showing of their rank and prowess and seeking their enemies in disguise or passing the time. The poetry during the medieval times was incorporated into the hunt as an analogy to a standard heroic action. Three main aspects of the hunt in medieval art and literature should be considered and the hunt should be understood