Postcards on Parchment The Social Lives of Medieval Books by Kathryn M. Rudy (Yale University Press) Medieval prayer books held not only the devotions and meditations of Christianity, but also housed, slipped between pages, sundry notes, reminders, and ephemera, such as pilgrims’ badges, sworn oaths, and small painted images. Many of these last items have been classifiedContinue reading “Book Roundup: Summer 2015”
Tag Archives: Sculpture
CFP: Speaking Sculpture: Images and Their Potency (ICM Kalamazoo 2016), deadline 15 September 2015
Do sculptures speak? Can they listen? Are they able to read, sing, and engage with other sculptures, or the architecture of their surroundings? If so, is this connected to their context and placement? How do these questions affect the way in which we view sculpture and its performativity?
Conference: Frankfurt als Zentrum unter Zentren? Kunsttransfer und Formgenese am Mittelrhein 1400 – 1500 (Frankfurt, Historisches Museum, 5-6 June 2015)
Die Auf- und Abwertung der „Kunstlandschaft“ als Terminus operandi ist ein Dauerthema der Kunstgeschichte. So fragte die ältere Diskussion der Kunst am Mittelrhein beispielsweise vor allem danach, wie der Mittelrhein als Kunstlandschaft geografisch zu bestimmen und die „mittelrheinische Kunst“ formal zu spezifizieren sei. Die Entwicklung der spätgotischen Kunst am Mittelrhein, die bekanntlich von wiederholtem, strukturellemContinue reading “Conference: Frankfurt als Zentrum unter Zentren? Kunsttransfer und Formgenese am Mittelrhein 1400 – 1500 (Frankfurt, Historisches Museum, 5-6 June 2015)”
Myths of Medieval Spain. Symposium, Courtauld Institute, 11 March
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Myths of Medieval Spain. Symposium, Research Forum, Courtauld Institute of Art, 2-6.30, Weds 11 March 2015. Attendance is free, but spaces are limited so you must register Four papers offer new ideas on a group of well-known sculptures and manuscripts from twelfth- and thirteenth-century Spain, exploring tensions between local and international…
Book roundup: New art history books from Brepols
Here are some new medieval art history books on manuscripts, architecture and sculpture from publisher Brepols that we have been alerted to, and we think will prove very exciting to a number of our readers. King’s College Chapel 1515-2015: Music, Art and Religion in Cambridge, edited by J. M. Massing, N. Zeeman This lavishly illustrated,Continue reading “Book roundup: New art history books from Brepols”
Gothic Ivories: Context and Content
A first look at the big programme for the joint British Museum/Courtauld conference on Gothic ivories. DAY 1 Saturday 5 July: The Courtauld Institute of Art, Kenneth Clark Lecture Theatre 9.30 Registration (reception hall-Courtauld Institute) 10.00 Introduction John Lowden and Catherine Yvard, The Courtauld Institute of Art 10.15 KeynotePaul Williamson, VictoriaContinue reading “Gothic Ivories: Context and Content”
CFP: Gotische Skulptur um 1300 (Berlin, 7-8 May 2015), deadline 8 June 2014
Gotische Skulptur um 1300 in Frankreich und Deutschland Tagung der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin im Bode-Museum Die in den Jahrzehnten um 1300 in Frankreich und den angrenzenden Territorien des Deutschen Reichs entstandene, deutlich von wechselseitigen Bezügen geprägte gotische Skulptur wurde lange kontrovers diskutiert. Ziel der meisten Debatten war die Erstellung einer Chronologie der wichtigsten ObjekteContinue reading “CFP: Gotische Skulptur um 1300 (Berlin, 7-8 May 2015), deadline 8 June 2014”
Conference: Misericordia International Conference (León, 29th May – 1st June 2014)
Misericordia International Conference Choir Stalls in Architecture and Architecture in Choir Stalls León, 29th May – 1st June 2014 Misericordia International was founded by Elaine C. Block (1925-2008) as an association dedicated to the research, awareness and study of choir stalls, and their relationship to other artistic expressions during the Middle Ages. Since its creation,Continue reading “Conference: Misericordia International Conference (León, 29th May – 1st June 2014)”
Lecture: Romanesque Sculpture: Contexts and Perceptions from Lincoln and Pavia to Moissac and Saint-Genis-des-Fontaines, Courtauld
The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland requests the pleasure of your company at its Annual Lecture on Tuesday 29th April 2014 at 5.30 p.m. at the Courtauld Institute of Art. The lecture is divided into two parts, concerning form and content respectively. The first discusses what is special about Romanesque sculpture and how itContinue reading “Lecture: Romanesque Sculpture: Contexts and Perceptions from Lincoln and Pavia to Moissac and Saint-Genis-des-Fontaines, Courtauld”
New Publication: Nicolas Melvani, Late Byzantine Sculpture
This book provides a detailed description and interpretation of multiple aspects of sculpture from late Byzantine monuments. Although individual monuments of the late Byzantine period have been exhaustively published and analyzed, the role of their sculptural decoration is usually overlooked. Whereas architectural features and, especially, wall paintings are treated in full detail, sculpture is approachedContinue reading “New Publication: Nicolas Melvani, Late Byzantine Sculpture”
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