Although the study of mediaeval tomb sculpture has been a fairly active field in the past decades, it has nearly exclusively focused on the much richer (at least in numbers) Gothic era. Most forays in the Romanesque have been driven by a teleological drive to find the supposed precursors of the Gothic monuments. This lectureContinue reading “Online Lecture: Paradise found: Romanesque tombs in Western Europe, c. 1000- c. 1150, Dr Xavier Dectot – Director of the future Orientalist Museum in Doha, Qatar, 30th April 2021 6-7 pm (BST)”
Category Archives: Seminars & Lectures
Online Lecture: ‘A Team Effort’: Architectural Drawing and Multimediality in Late-Medieval Spain, Costanza Beltrami, University of Oxford, 28th April 2021, 5-6pm (BST)
The Museo del Prado houses one of the most remarkable drawings of late-medieval Europe: a fifteenth-century view of the east end of San Juan de los Reyes, Toledo. Attributed to the church’s designer, Juan Guas (active 1453–1496), the drawing is unique for its representation of an interior perspective, populated by a wide-ranging decorative programme inContinue reading “Online Lecture: ‘A Team Effort’: Architectural Drawing and Multimediality in Late-Medieval Spain, Costanza Beltrami, University of Oxford, 28th April 2021, 5-6pm (BST)”
Online Lecture: “Not a Copy” – ‘The Power of Duplication: Medieval Persian Painting through Photographs, ca. 1890- 1920’, Yuka Kadoi (Institute of Art History, University of Vienna), 28th April 2021 17:30-19:00 (BST)
During the formative period of Persian art history in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, photographic reproductions played a key role in the construction process of chronological and iconographical narratives. This paper explores an alternative history of medieval Persian painting by looking at the production and distribution of photographic reproductions. Often commissioned by dealers,Continue reading “Online Lecture: “Not a Copy” – ‘The Power of Duplication: Medieval Persian Painting through Photographs, ca. 1890- 1920’, Yuka Kadoi (Institute of Art History, University of Vienna), 28th April 2021 17:30-19:00 (BST)”
Online Lecture: Water Blood and Wine – Iconography of the Old Testament on Medieval Portable Altars, Sarah Luginbill, University of Colorado Boulder, April 22nd 2021 4pm PST/7pm EST
Sponsored by the Society for Ancient Mediterranean Religions, Sarah Luginbill will deliver a lecture online from the University of Colorado Boulder on the iconography of the Old Testament on medieval portable altars. They will present their dissertation research on iconography of Abraham, Abel and Melchisedech that feature on the lids of several portable altars madeContinue reading “Online Lecture: Water Blood and Wine – Iconography of the Old Testament on Medieval Portable Altars, Sarah Luginbill, University of Colorado Boulder, April 22nd 2021 4pm PST/7pm EST”
Online Lecture: Representing the Other-Assessing Indo-Byzantine Through Textual Sources, Aniket T. Chettri (North Bengal University), April 23rd 2021,6pm (Istanbul Time Zone)
This lecture is part of the Byzantium at Ankara April Mini-Seminar Series entitled “Byzantium and the Silk Roads. The Byzantine Seminar Series “Byzantium at Ankara” is an event organized and hosted in collaboration by the Department of History at Bilkent University and the Department of History of Art at Hacettepe University which will be heldContinue reading “Online Lecture: Representing the Other-Assessing Indo-Byzantine Through Textual Sources, Aniket T. Chettri (North Bengal University), April 23rd 2021,6pm (Istanbul Time Zone)”
Online Lecture: Painting Pairs: Collaborative Research in Conservation and Art History, Courtauld Institute of Art, Thursday 22 April 2021 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm (BST)
Painting Pairs presents collaborative research undertaken by graduates in conservation and art history focussing on paintings currently in the conservation studios at the Courtauld. The paintings that form the focus for investigation by each a pair of graduates are from different periods and pose a range of questions related to their history, conservation and display. At the first Zoom webinar presentation onContinue reading “Online Lecture: Painting Pairs: Collaborative Research in Conservation and Art History, Courtauld Institute of Art, Thursday 22 April 2021 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm (BST)”
Online Lecture Cycle: ‘Potentiale der Goldschmiedekunst’, Institute for European Art History, Heidelberg University, 22nd April-26 June 2021, 6pm (CEST)
The University of Heidelberg is holding a lecture cycle online relating to Goldsmiths from the medieval to modern worlds. Between April and May, these lectures will be held online via Zoom. Register here via the homepage of the Institute for European Art History. The cycle has been organised by Prof. Dr. Rebecca Müller, PD Dr.TobiasContinue reading “Online Lecture Cycle: ‘Potentiale der Goldschmiedekunst’, Institute for European Art History, Heidelberg University, 22nd April-26 June 2021, 6pm (CEST)”
Online Lecture: BALH Digital Skills Workshop – Uncovering your Medieval Local History, Saturday 10th April 2021 10:00am (BST)
One of a series of digital skills workshops and webinars hosted by BALH in 2021. Click here to book your tickets. Participants will be provided with an overview of the structures and institutions which produced records in the medieval period and where these records can be found today. Throughout the workshop case studies will beContinue reading “Online Lecture: BALH Digital Skills Workshop – Uncovering your Medieval Local History, Saturday 10th April 2021 10:00am (BST)”
Online Lecture: 2021 Anselm Lecture – Practices of Writing in England, 1050–1250, Professor Elaine Treharne, Thursday 8th April, 6pm (BST)
This talk will follow one line of research attempting to date a bilingual manuscript from the second half of the twelfth century. From exploring the aspect, duct, and shapes of individual letters, the study moves outward to consider the grade and formality of later twelfth and earlier thirteenth-century manuscripts and charters, before focusing on twelfth-centuryContinue reading “Online Lecture: 2021 Anselm Lecture – Practices of Writing in England, 1050–1250, Professor Elaine Treharne, Thursday 8th April, 6pm (BST)”
Conference: London Medieval Society – Medieval Life Cycles, Zoom, Saturday 22nd May 2021, 10:20-14:30 BST
A belated celebration of the London Medieval Society at 75 years, LMS is proud to announce their third online colloquium, where they will be discussing the human life cycle from embryo to the grave, and beyond. The programme of the day is as follows: 10.20 Welcome and Introduction 10.30 Isabel Davis (Birkbeck, University of London) – LikeContinue reading “Conference: London Medieval Society – Medieval Life Cycles, Zoom, Saturday 22nd May 2021, 10:20-14:30 BST”
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