IMC 2012: Sessions
Session 1606: The Order of the Spiritual Universe and Its Visual and Artistic Expression
Thursday 12 July 2012, 11.15-12.45
| Sponsor: | Institute of History of Art & Culture, Pontifical University of John Paul II, Kraków |
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| Organiser: | Dariusz Tabor, Institute of History of Art & Culture, Pontifical University of John Paul II, Kraków |
| Moderator/Chair: | Arnold Otto, Erzbischöfliches Generalvikariat Erzbistumsarchiv, Paderborn |
| Paper 1606-a | The Centre and the Border Line: Shaping the Urban Space in Early Medieval Poland (Language: English) Index terms: Architecture - Religious, Art History - General, Economics - Urban, Theology |
| Paper 1606-b | Bernard of Clairvaux as Creator of Rules in Cistercian Art: Severe Evaluator of Works or Spiritual Advisor of Artists? (Language: English) Index terms: Architecture - Religious, Art History - General, Monasticism, Theology |
| Paper 1606-c | The Medieval Missal: The Book of Rules for Liturgy and for Painting - Some Examples from Central Europe (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - Painting, Liturgy, Manuscripts and Palaeography, Theology |
| Paper 1606-d | Textual Authority in the Tapestry with the Legend of the Swan Knight (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - Decorative Arts, Language and Literature - French or Occitan |
| Abstract | The papers of this session discover the rules of the spirtual and cultural universe expressed in art. Tomasz Węclawowicz analyzes the pattern of the network of town churches in early medieval Poland taking into account the significance of their dedications. Dariusz Tabor affirms that the prescriptions of Bernard of Clairvaux about art come from his spiritual teaching. Justyna Kuska searches for the rules for book painting in illuminated missals. The liturgy shapes the rules for illumination. Zofia Jackson analyzes the tapestry with the Legend of the Swan Knight . She show us how the original text influence the pictorial cycle of tapestry. |