IMC 2010: Sessions
Session 112: Travelling Light: Diplomatic Gifts and their Influence on Art
Monday 12 July 2010, 11.15-12.45
| Sponsor: | Universiteit van Amsterdam |
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| Organiser: | Wendelien A. W. Van Welie-Vink, Afdeling Kunst- en cultuurwetenschappen, Universiteit van Amsterdam |
| Moderator/Chair: | Claudine A. Chavannes-Mazel, Departement Kunst-, religie- en cultuurwetenschappen, Universiteit van Amsterdam |
| Paper 112-a | Holy Pope, Evil Heretics: An Illuminated Manuscript by Niccolo da Bologna as a Diplomatic Gift for an Avignon Pope (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - General, Canon Law, Manuscripts and Palaeography |
| Paper 112-b | Roman Relics, Frankish Foundations: Einhard's Churches in Steinbach and Seligenstadt (Language: English) Index terms: Architecture - Religious, Monasticism, Politics and Diplomacy, Religious Life |
| Paper 112-c | The Three Wise Men: A Journey Towards the Altar? (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - General, Art History - Decorative Arts |
| Abstract | Nowadays, hardly anyone travels without belongings. This was no different in the Middle Ages. Besides luggage, wealthy travellers like kings and popes bore gifts for faraway courts. This session will explore the nature of these gifts, as well as their depictions in medieval art. |