The sumptuous patterned silk textiles produced in the multifaith medieval Iberian Peninsula, objects of great value as well as desire, played a paramount role in facilitating interactions among elite consumers, no matter their beliefs. Rare and precious surviving medieval Iberian fiber arts evoke for modern audiences a variety of social, political, and economic relationships, yetContinue reading “Online Lecture: Common Threads: Textiles at the Frontiers of Faith, A Virtual Scholars’ Event for the Exhibition at The Met Cloisters Spain, 1000–1200: Art at the Frontiers of Faith, Wednesday 10 November 2021 1:00-2:30 PM ET”
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New Publication: Experiencing the Last Judgement, by Niamh Bhalla
Experiencing the Last Judgement opens up new ways of understanding a Byzantine image type that has hitherto been considered largely uniform in its manifestations and to a great extent frightening, coercive and paralysing. It moves beyond a purely didactic understanding of the Byzantine image of the Last Judgement, as a visual eschatological text to beContinue reading “New Publication: Experiencing the Last Judgement, by Niamh Bhalla”
Online Lecture: Stargates – ‘Magical Images in Late Medieval Manuscripts’, Dr. Jean-Patrice Boudet, The Warburg Institute, 10 November 2021, 5:30PM – 7:00PM (GMT)
Stargates – The Magic of Images from Heka to the Monas Hieroglyphica is a lecture series dedicated to the material aspects of making magical images. Following a chronological sequence in order to underline the transformations, continuities, and discontinuities from ancient to “modern” practices, this series builds on the legacy of the Warburg Institute scholars D.P.Continue reading “Online Lecture: Stargates – ‘Magical Images in Late Medieval Manuscripts’, Dr. Jean-Patrice Boudet, The Warburg Institute, 10 November 2021, 5:30PM – 7:00PM (GMT)”
Job Opportunity: Assistant Professor, Pre-Modern European Art History (Deadline 30 November 2021)
Texas Tech University welcomes applications for an Assistant Professor, tenure-track, with specialization in the pre-modern era (pre- 1600) that engages the artistic, visual, and material cultures of Europe in its intersectional encounters with the circum-Mediterranean, circum-Atlantic, or circum-Pacific. PhD and teaching experience with diverse student populations required. Click here to apply.
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