Summary A medieval reredos from Vålse in Denmark is used as a case to test if the theory of affordance can shed light on how medieval Christians perceived images. An affordance is a visual clue to the function of a physical object; it suggests how the object can be used. Humans can identify affordances when seeing objects in their environment. Four signifying aspects of the reredos will be explored: the first is related to the perception of the materiality of the reredos, the second to its construction, the third to the figurative dimension of the reredos and the fourth to visual clues related to the location of the reredos in the church interior. The reredos from Vålse consists of a main part (corpus) and two wings. It is decorated with polychrome carved figures and polychrome paintings. The focus on affordance emphasizes that beholders were able to estimate several physical qualities of the reredos, such as its stability, weight and tactility. It suggests how it is put together and how its wings can be opened and closed. Its figurative motifs were linked to both liturgical and devotional use. The human-like shape and the confronting gaze of the figures were functional cues signalling the presence of the Holy. The location of the reredos in the church interior and of the site of the church itself were related to the defensive maritime location of Vålse. This focus on functional clues of a liturgical artefact relates the object to its original liturgical function.

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礼拜式文物的功能提示：丹麦瓦尔瑟教堂里多人的ford顾

小结来自丹麦瓦尔斯（Vålse）的中世纪雷多斯（Reredos）被用作一个案例，以检验负担能力理论是否可以揭示中世纪基督徒如何看待图像。承受能力是对物理对象功能的视觉提示；它建议如何使用该对象。人们在看到周围环境中的物体时可以识别出承受能力。将探讨reredos的四个标志性方面：第一个与reredos的重要性相关，第二个与reredos的构造有关，第三个与reredos的图形化维度有关，第四个与与位置相关的视觉线索有关。教堂内部的雷迪多斯。瓦尔瑟（Vålse）的reredos由主体（语料库）和两个机翼组成。装饰着彩色雕刻人物和彩色绘画。对负担能力的强调强调，旁观者能够估计重做者的几种身体素质，例如其稳定性，体重和触觉。它建议如何将其组合在一起以及如何打开和关闭其机翼。它的象征性图案与礼仪和灵修用途相关。像人一样的形状和面对的人物注视是暗示圣物存在的实用线索。雷德多斯在教堂内部的位置以及教堂本身的位置都与瓦尔瑟的防御性海上位置有关。对礼仪制品的功能线索的关注使该对象与其最初的礼仪功能相关。它建议如何将其组合在一起以及如何打开和关闭其机翼。它的象征性图案与礼仪和灵修用途相关。像人一样的形状和面对的人物注视是暗示圣物存在的实用线索。雷德多斯在教堂内部的位置以及教堂本身的位置都与瓦尔瑟的防御性海上位置有关。这种对礼仪制品的功能线索的关注使该物体与其最初的礼仪功能相关。它建议如何将其组合在一起以及如何打开和关闭其机翼。它的象征性图案与礼仪和灵修用途相关。像人一样的形状和面对的人物注视是暗示圣物存在的实用线索。雷德多斯在教堂内部的位置以及教堂本身的位置都与瓦尔瑟的防御性海上位置有关。对礼仪制品的功能线索的关注使该对象与其最初的礼仪功能相关。雷德多斯在教堂内部的位置以及教堂本身的位置都与瓦尔瑟的防御性海上位置有关。对礼仪制品的功能线索的关注使该对象与其最初的礼仪功能相关。雷德多斯在教堂内部的位置以及教堂本身的位置都与瓦尔瑟的防御性海上位置有关。对礼仪制品的功能线索的关注使该对象与其最初的礼仪功能相关。