IMC 2009: Sessions
Session 1202: The V&A at the IMC, III: Devotion and Display 1300-1500
Wednesday 15 July 2009, 14.15-15.45
Sponsor: | Victoria & Albert Museum, London / Classical, Byzantine & Medieval Section, Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London |
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Organiser: | Glyn Davies, Department of Sculpture, Victoria & Albert Museum, London / Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London |
Moderator/Chair: | Glyn Davies, Department of Sculpture, Victoria & Albert Museum, London / Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London |
Paper 1202-a | Devotional Cycles and Books (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - General, Manuscripts and Palaeography |
Paper 1202-b | The Symbolum Apostolorum in Domestic Chapels of Late Medieval France (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - Decorative Arts, Art History - Painting, Art History - Sculpture, Lay Piety |
Paper 1202-c | Private Devotional Sculpture in Late Medieval Italy: Questions of Form and Function (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - Sculpture, Religious Life |
Abstract | In November 2009, the V&A's Medieval and Renaissance galleries open. In four linked sessions, the V&A (in collaboration with the Courtauld Institute) aims to place its collections and displays into a wider scholarly context. Each session is titled after one of the four medieval spaces in the new galleries. This session, 'Devotion and Display 1300-1500', looks at how Europe's liturgical and devotional needs created a huge increase in demand for devotional objects and art works in this period. It addresses characteristic manifestations of orthodox lay piety, such as private chapels, prayer books, and devotional iconographies. |