IMC 2010: Sessions
Session 1217: The Final Journey: The Iconography of Death
Wednesday 14 July 2010, 14.15-15.45
Sponsor: | Universiteit van Amsterdam |
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Organiser: | Wendelien A. W. Van Welie-Vink, Afdeling Kunst- en cultuurwetenschappen, Universiteit van Amsterdam |
Moderator/Chair: | Wendelien A. W. Van Welie-Vink, Afdeling Kunst- en cultuurwetenschappen, Universiteit van Amsterdam |
Paper 1217-a | The Final Travel (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - General, Art History - Sculpture, Religious Life |
Paper 1217-b | Travel to the Tomb: Memorial Practices in Late Medieval Strasbourg (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - General, Art History - Sculpture, Religious Life |
Paper 1217-c | Burn! But Not Forever: How Purgatory was Constructed and Illustrated in the 12th and 13th Centuries (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - General, Art History - Decorative Arts, Religious Life |
Abstract | Death and especially the afterlife were central themes in the Middle Ages. Precautions for the 'last journey' were made during one's lifetime as well as posthumously. This session will focus on the traces the final journey left on medieval objects, by looking at tombs and the iconography of death and the afterlife. |