IMC 2007: Sessions
Session 318: Medieval Cities and Material Culture, II: Saints, Cities, and the Patronage of Art in Late Medieval Italy
Monday 9 July 2007, 16.30-18.00
Sponsor: | Department of History of Art, University of Glasgow / Department of History of Art, Queen's University, Belfast |
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Organisers: | Emily Jane Anderson, School of Culture & Creative Art (History of Art), University of Glasgow Jill Farquhar, Department of History of Art, Queen's University Belfast |
Moderator/Chair: | Louise Bourdua, Department of the History of Art, University of Warwick |
Paper 318-a | Relic and Image: The Cult of Mary Magdalen in Northern Italian Cities, c. 1300-1450 (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - General, Art History - Painting |
Paper 318-b | Venice, the Sea and the Cult of St Nicholas (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - General, Art History - Painting |
Paper 318-c | Matteo di Giovanni and the Civic Patrons of Southern Tuscany (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - General, Art History - Painting |
Abstract | This session will explore the artistic expression of saints' cults in selected late medieval Central and Northern Italian centres and cities, including the maritime republic of Venice and Grosseto and Montepescali in southernTuscany. The practice of church decoration and the function of devotional imagery and sacred relics and reliquaries will be examined. Local patronage controlled by political and commercial factions and individuals (clerical, lay and civic) is of fundamental importance. Saints investigated include Mary Magdalene, St Nicholas of Myra and St Mark. Artworks considered include examples by the Sienese painter Matteo di Giovanni and Paolo and Lorenzo Veneziano. |