IMC 2005: Sessions
Session 620: Public Art and the Private Subject in Late Medieval Italy
Tuesday 12 July 2005, 11.15-12.45
| Sponsor: | Medieval Studies Program, University of Victoria, British Columbia |
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| Organiser: | Catherine Harding, Medieval Studies Program |
| Moderator/Chair: | Catherine Harding, Medieval Studies Program |
| Paper 620-a | A Newly Discovered Manuscript: The Officiolum of Francesco da Barberino (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - General, Language and Literature - Italian, Manuscripts and Palaeography |
| Paper 620-b | The Theory and Practice of (Visual) Authorship in the Trecento: The Case of Francesco da Barberino's Documenti d'amore (c. 1315) (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - General, Language and Literature - Italian, Manuscripts and Palaeography |
| Paper 620-c | In Justice to the Past, in Justice to the Future According to Francesco da Barberino (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - Painting, Law |
| Abstract | This session includes papers that examine the writings of the prominent Tuscan notary and judge, Francesco da Barberino (1264-1348), in the light of the socio-historical changes that took place during the fourteenth century in Italy in relation to theories and practices of art-making and book production. The papers will present new evidence on three different works by Francesco, one of which only re-surfaced last year. The papers will consider the issues of authorship and the use of imagery, the public/private dimensions of his writings, and Francesco's response to changing societal and political forces in late medieval Florence. |