IMC 2011: Sessions
Session 1302: Post-Iconography: Beyond Influence
Wednesday 13 July 2011, 16.30-18.00
| Sponsor: | Arts & Humanities Research Council Research Network 'Postcolonising the Medieval Image' |
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| Organiser: | Eva Frojmovic, Centre for Jewish Studies, University of Leeds |
| Moderator/Chair: | Catherine E. Karkov, School of Fine Art, History of Art & Cultural Studies, University of Leeds |
| Paper 1302-a | Looking at the Ladies: Representations of Jeanne de France, the Virgin, and St Anne in the Lamoignon Hours, c. 1415 (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - Painting, Gender Studies, Manuscripts and Palaeography |
| Paper 1302-b | Re-reading the Aniconic in the Art and Architecture of the Alhambra (Language: English) Index terms: Architecture - Secular, Art History - Decorative Arts, Islamic and Arabic Studies |
| Paper 1302-c | Rosslyn Chapel: From Pillar to Post (Language: English) Index terms: Architecture - Religious, Art History - General |
| Abstract | Twenty years ago, the Index of Christian Art hosted a conference titled, in an ironic homage to Panofsky, 'Iconography at the Crossroads'. More recently art historians have begun to question both the value and meaning of terms such as 'iconography' and 'influence'. The convenors of the IMC session 'post-iconography', Catherine Karkov and Eva Frojmovic, invite papers that explicitly interrogate and probe the limits of iconographic research on medieval art. What are the limitations of a text-centred approach to medieval art? What are the alternatives? We would welcome both theoretical papers and case studies showcasing colleagues' own current research 'beyond iconography'. In addition, what exactly do we mean when we use terms like 'influence'? Are encounters between cultures, artists, or works of art really as passive and unidirectional as the term implies? |