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“The Angels of St. Wolfgang”: Representation of Infancy and Childhood in the Art of the Renais-
sance and of the Baroque
Lertsiri Bovornkitti*
*Faculty of Fine Arts, Srinakharinwirot University, Bangkok
This paper was translated and edited from the chapter 18 article entitled “Art as Therapy” by Edith
Kramer. She brilliantly used the renowned art architecture of the world-famous double altars in the pilgrim-
age church of St. Wolfgang in Austria (i.e., the first one that combines high Gothic and Renaissance elements
created by the great Tirolean woodcarver and painter Michael Pacher in 1641-1651, and another remarkable
altar created by the Bavarian Baroque sculptor Thomas Schwanthaler in 1676, flanking Pacher’s on the left)
to represent psychoanalytically the action’s emotional significance through an extensive vocabulary of ges-
tures and facial expression, perfected by the illusions embodied in the winged angels, as emotional truth.
Key words: The Angels of St. Wolfgang, Pacher Altar, Schawanthaler Altar