The research group “Textures of Sacred Scripture. Materials and Semantics of Sacred Book Ornament” (https://textures-of-scripture.ch) invites paper proposals for a three-day international conference on “Book Ornament and Luxury Critique”. The conference, funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation, is scheduled to take place at the Institute of Art History at the University of Zurich fromContinue reading “CFP: Book Ornament and Luxury Critique, University of Zurich, Deadline: 15th April 2022”
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Clothing Sacred Scripture (Zurich 9-11 Oct 14)
Zurich, October 9 – 11, 2014 Deadline: Feb 25, 2014 In a traditional perspective, book religions are seen as agents of logocentrism, establishing a sharp dichotomy between scripture and aesthetics, religion and art. This judgment was based primarily on dogmatic assumptions and posterior idealizations, however. In the light of their material, performative and artistic practice, religions of the bookContinue reading “Clothing Sacred Scripture (Zurich 9-11 Oct 14)”
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