IMC 2010: Sessions
Session 124: Beyond Byzantium: Exporting Art and Relics from the Eastern Mediterranean
Monday 12 July 2010, 11.15-12.45
| Organiser: | Clare Vernon, Pembroke College, University of Cambridge |
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| Moderator/Chair: | Stefania Gerevini, Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London |
| Paper 124-a | Importing Byzantine Objects: The Bronze Doors of Monte Sant'Angelo in Puglia (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - General, Byzantine Studies |
| Paper 124-b | Jerusalem Removed: Relics of the True Cross in 12th-Century England (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - General, Byzantine Studies, Theology |
| Paper 124-c | Crowns and Heads: The Translation of the Byzantine Relics and the Creation of the Sainte-Chapelle (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - General, Byzantine Studies |
| Abstract | This session will examine objects that travelled from the Byzantine Empire to the Latin West during the Middle Ages. Specifically all three papers will focus on the reception of these objects in the West and how, in a new context, they took on new meanings and inspired artistic developments. The session will be an exploration of how Byzantine art and devotion was perceived and received by Latin Christians. The three papers will provide a broad chronological and geographical spectrum, from post-Byzantine Italy in the 11th century to England and Paris in the 12th and 13th centuries. |