IMC 2010: Sessions
Session 702: Reconstructions of the Gothic Past
Tuesday 13 July 2010, 14.15-15.45
| Sponsor: | Irish Research Council for Humanities & Social Sciences |
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| Organiser: | Rachel L. Moss, Trinity Irish Art Research Centre, Trinity College Dublin |
| Moderator/Chair: | Jenny Alexander, Department of the History of Art, University of Warwick |
| Paper 702-a | Gothic in a Gaelic World: The Archbishops of Cashel and their Cathedral (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - Sites, Architecture - Religious, Ecclesiastical History |
| Paper 702-b | The Cure of Buildings: Medieval Churches in the Hands of 17th-Century Church of Ireland Congregations (Language: English) Index terms: Architecture - Religious, Medievalism and Antiquarianism |
| Paper 702-c | Chapel Villages and Estate Towns: Medieval Buildings in Settlement Development in Late 18th- and 19th-Century Ireland (Language: English) Index terms: Architecture - Religious, Geography and Settlement Studies, Medievalism and Antiquarianism |
| Abstract | This session explores the reception, reconfiguration, and reinterpretation of medieval buildings in Ireland over seven centuries. Arising from a IRCHSS research project currently underway at Trinity College, Dublin, it examines both the arrival of Gothic architecture and the afterlives of key monuments, thereby analysing the ongoing relevance and changing significance of Gothic buildings. These papers consider the meaning of medieval edifices in different cultural circumstances from those in which they were originally built. Themes will include the variable perception of the Gothic style, and its associations to nationalism; how Gothic can be considered alternately as an expression of colonialism or as an indigenous style; and how medieval buildings expressed identity for multiple social and religious groups in post-medieval periods. |