IMC 2013: Sessions
Session 1215: Visual Pleasure and the Virgin Mary
Wednesday 3 July 2013, 14.15-15.45
| Organisers: | Maeve Doyle, Department of History of Art, Bryn Mawr College, Pennsylvania Jennifer Lyons, Department of Art History, Emory University / Institut National d'histoire de l'Art, Paris |
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| Moderator/Chair: | Jennifer Lyons, Department of Art History, Emory University / Institut National d'histoire de l'Art, Paris |
| Paper 1215-a | Visual Pleasure and the Illuminated Prayer Book (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - General, Art History - Painting, Manuscripts and Palaeography |
| Paper 1215-b | 'Magnificat anima mea Dominum': The Virgin Mary and Magnificent English Service Books, c. 1380-1420 (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - General, Art History - Painting, Manuscripts and Palaeography |
| Paper 1215-c | The Amiens Priesthood of the Virgin: Marian Vestments for God and 'Worthy Garments' for the Heart (Language: English) |
| Paper 1215-d | Virginal Milk and Divine Light: Sensitive Pleasure and Eucharistic Efficiency in Ambrogio Bergognone's The Virgin Feeding the Child at Certosa di Pavia's Refectory (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - General, Art History - Painting |
| Abstract | From the 11th century onwards, the Virgin Mary, in glass, wood, stone, ivory, mosaic, metalwork, and painting, formed the focus of an increasingly ornate visual and material culture. Papers in this session explore the role of sensory pleasure in the creation and reception of the Virgin's image in the later Middle Ages and the capacity of material beauty to amplify or reinforce Christian teachings and practices. |