IMC 2010: Sessions
Session 1521: The Impact of Travel in Art, I: Travel as a Vehicle for Iconographic Models, Hagiographical Referents, and Spiritual Ideas
Thursday 15 July 2010, 09.00-10.30
| Sponsor: | Universidad Complutense de Madrid |
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| Organiser: | Irene González Hernando, Departamento de Historia del Arte I (Medieval), Universidad Complutense de Madrid |
| Moderator/Chair: | Alena Kliuchnik, Department of Medieval Studies, Central European University, Budapest |
| Paper 1521-a | The Iconography of Songs: A Cross-Cultural, Interdisciplinary Look at the Cantigas of Santa Maria of Alfonso X, el Sabio (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - General, Music |
| Paper 1521-b | Travel Matters, Imported Colours, Mystical Trips, and the Early Kabbalah: A Missed Connection? (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - General, Hebrew and Jewish Studies |
| Abstract | This session will analyse the relationship between art and travel taking into consideration two points of view. On the one hand, the session will explore how works of art could contribute to the diffusion of certain ideas, which is the topic of travelling knowledge. On the other hand, the session will show how manuscripts, paintings, sculptures, or textiles were a reflection of the travel experiences of medieval women and men. |