IMC 2009: Sessions
Session 1302: The V&A at the IMC, IV: Noble Living 1350-1500
Wednesday 15 July 2009, 16.30-18.00
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: | Peta Motture, Victoria & Albert Museum, London |
Paper 1302-a | The Luck of Edenhall: Sacred or Secular? (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - General, Art History - Decorative Arts |
Paper 1302-b | Storage and Security in the Late Medieval Household (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - General, Daily Life |
Paper 1302-c | Gothic Art in the Gilded Age: Medieval and Renaissance Objects in the Gavet, Vanderbilt, and Ringling Collections (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - General, Medievalism and Antiquarianism |
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, 'Noble Living 1350-1500', looks at the role luxury objects played in more secular environments. It examines the meanings that such artworks were given, and stresses that these objects were often reserved for significant occasions. The session concludes by looking at the afterlife of medieval objects in the collections of 19th-century connoisseurs. |