IMC 2009: Sessions

Session 217: The Representation of 'Other' in Medieval Spain, II

Monday 13 July 2009, 14.15-15.45

Sponsor:	Departamento de Historia del Arte I (Medieval), Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Organiser:	Mónica Ann Walker Vadillo, Departamento de Historia del Arte I (Medieval), Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Moderator/Chair:	María Victoria Chico Picaza, Departamento de Historia del Arte I (Medieval), Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Paper 217-a	Trinitarian Dogma and Heterodoxy in the Romanesque Portal: The Case of the Cathedral of Jaca's West Tympanum (Language: English) Francisco de Asís García García, Departamento de Historia del Arte I (Medieval), Universidad Complutense de Madrid Index terms: Architecture - Religious, Art History - Sculpture, Ecclesiastical History
Paper 217-b	The 'Otherness' of Women: Images of Pregnancy and Childbirth in Spanish Medieval Manuscripts (Language: English) Irene González Hernando, Escuela Oficial de Idiomas de Madrid - Jesus Maestro Index terms: Art History - Painting, Daily Life, Medicine
Paper 217-c	Facing Orality: The Woman with the Skull in Santiago de Compostela as the 'Forgotten' Other (Language: English) Karen Webb, Department of the History of Art & Architecture, University of Pittsburgh Index terms: Art History - Sculpture, Gender Studies
Abstract	This is one of two sessions dedicated to the representation of the 'other' in Medieval Spain. The 'other' appears in many shapes and in different media throughout Medieval Spain, from manuscript illumination to architecture and literature. It is not only the representation of the 'other' as Muslims or Jews or as religious concepts, it is also the representation of the 'otherness' of women or the 'otherness' of the divinity.