Join the March Murray Seminar with Laura Jacobus will share her research on A ‘Most Pleasing Flower among Equally Excellent Sculptors’: Nicola and Giovanni Pisano at the Fontana Maggiore in Perugia.
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Online Lecture: Cambridge Medieval Art Seminar, ‘Playing with Fools?’ with Dr Krisztina Ilko, 17 February 2025 (5-6:30pm, GMT)
Join the second Cambridge Medieval Art Seminar of 2025, Krisztina Ilko (Queens’ College, University of Cambridge) will speak on her new research project on medieval chess pieces.
CFP: ‘From Taxonomy to Fluxus: Nordic art at the borders between Medieval and Early Modern’, NORDIK 2025, deadline 28 February 2025
Abstracts are invited for the session ‘From Taxonomy to Fluxus: Nordic art at the borders between Medieval and Early Modern’ for the October 2025 NORDIK conference.
New Publication: ‘Representations of Saint Anne and the Virgin Mary from the Middle Ages to the Early Modern Period: Exploring Iconographic Flexibility and Permeability’, edited by Andrea-Bianka Znorovszky
This volume traces the often significant iconographic flexibility in terms of both how the Virgin Mary and Saint Anne were presented and perceived, and what can be termed a permeability between visual representations of the two saints.
Conference: ‘IBERSAINTS: Making and Remaking Saints in the Iberian Peninsula and Beyond during the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period c. 600-1600’, Universidad de Salamanca, 24-26 March 2025
This international conference explores the means of constructing and reconstructing saints in and beyond the Iberian Peninsula.
Murray Seminar: ‘Leonardo and Melzi: the role of illustrations in the composition and creation of meaning in the Libro di pittura’ with Juliana Barone, 12 February 2025 (5-6.30pm GMT)
This month’s Murray Seminar is with Dr Juliana Barone, who is presenting their research on Libro di pittura di M. Lionardo da Vinci pittore et scultore fiorentino.
CFP: ‘Medieval Images of the Virgin: Materialities, Environments, Ecologies’, University of Bamberg, deadline 15 March 2025
Proposals are invited for this interdisciplinary workshop on ‘Medieval Images of the Virgin’.
Conference: ‘Les arts de l’autel médiéval: De la genèse des objets aux stratégies muséographiques’, Paris EHESS / Musée du Louvre, 3-5 February 2025
Learn more about the intricate relationship between medieval altars and their artistic adornments at the Paris EHESS/Louvre Museum conference from February 3-5, 2025.
Study Day: Miracles in Glass: the Study and Conservation of Canterbury’s Stained Glass Heritage, Canterbury Cathedral, 31 March 2025
Join Canterbury Cathedral for this study day which includes lectures and guided tours, including the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for participants to see panels from the window up close in the Cathedral’s Stained Glass Conservation Studio.
New Publication: ‘Art and Drama on a Late Medieval Rood Screen: Unveiling a Mystical Passion’ by Michael Calder
Discover the unique iconographic program of the late medieval rood screens at Berry Pomeroy in this new publication.
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