| Paper 212-a | Itinerant Ecclesiastical Regalia in 14th-Century Spain, Italy, France, and England
(Language: English)
Almudena Cros Gutierrez, History of Art Department, University of Warwick
Index terms: Art History - Decorative Arts, Art History - Sculpture, Ecclesiastical History |
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| Abstract | Paper -a:
This paper analyses the travelling experiences of Spanish, Italian, and French cardinals during the Avignonese papacy, and the impact that their exposure to works of art in an international scale had upon their aesthetic tastes and their collections of ecclesiastical vestments and regalia. A study of the wills and inventories of 14th-century cardinals, such as Bertrand des Deaux, Guy de Boulogne, Nicolo Capocci, Pedro Gomez, and Gil de Albornoz, shows that English embroideries (Opus Anglicanum), French reliquaries, and Italian enamels were particularly sought-after amongst these cosmopolitan prelates, who acquired them during their diplomatic and religious missions across Europe.
Paper -b:
The Avignon Palace of the Popes (14th century), the mighty symbol of Christianity, has a Papal bedchamber, decorated with floral scrolls on a blue ground on the walls. Scroll is a curvilinear motif of the Near East and Greco-Roman origin, embellished with the acanthus. It travelled to Asia (India-Gandhara/China-Yunkang/Indonesia-Java) with Buddhism across the Silk Road, while it continued to Byzantine and Islamic sanctuaries. Its affinity showed on Romanesque churches and Buddhist temples. As part of the Anglo-Saxon and Ottonian art, it influenced the Mammen/Ringerike (10th-11th century) Scandinavian style. This paper examines the travels of medieval floral scrolls as a means of communication/tolerance.
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