IMC 2010: Sessions
Session 821: Medieval Textiles and Travel: Witnesses of Cultural Exchanges
Tuesday 13 July 2010, 16.30-18.00
| Sponsor: | Departamento de Historia del Arte I (Medieval), Universidad Complutense de Madrid |
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| Organiser: | Laura Rodríguez Peinado, Departamento de Historia del Arte I (Medieval), Universidad Complutense de Madrid |
| Moderator/Chair: | Carlos Molina Valero, Departamento de Filología Clásica e Indoeuropeo, Universidad de Salamanca |
| Paper 821-a | Transformations of Material Culture: Textiles in the Iberian Peninsula from the 8th to the 12th Centuries (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - General, Art History - Decorative Arts |
| Paper 821-b | Traveling Motifs and Motifs of Travel: Andalusi and Fatimid Textiles - Two Case Studies (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - General, Art History - Decorative Arts |
| Abstract | This session explores the way in which textiles could represent the cultural exchanges that took place between the Muslim and the Christian worlds during the Middle Ages. In the first place there will be an overview of the evidence of textiles in the Iberian Peninsula that showed trade connections, then there will be three case studies of exchanges pertaining to the Fatimid and Andalusi textiles, and, finally, a series of Coptic textiles will be discussed through their journeys in the museums. |