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IMC 2014: Sessions

Session 1221: Imago imperii et imago imperatoris, I

Wednesday 9 July 2014, 14.15-15.45

Sponsor:Institute of History of Art & Culture, Pontifical University of John Paul II, Kraków
Organiser:Dariusz Tabor, Institute of History of Art & Culture, Pontifical University of John Paul II, Kraków
Moderator/Chair:Dariusz Tabor, Institute of History of Art & Culture, Pontifical University of John Paul II, Kraków
Paper 1221-aThe World of the Middle Ages: The Unapproachable Empire of Symbol
(Language: English)
Paulina Joanna Rajca, Institute of History of Art & Culture, Pontifical University of John Paul II, Kraków
Index terms: Art History - General, Mentalities, Theology, Women's Studies
Paper 1221-bImitatio imperii in Early Medieval Poland: Urban Space and Architecture
(Language: English)
Tomasz Węcławowicz, Faculty of Architecture & Fine Arts, Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski Kraków University
Index terms: Architecture - General, Architecture - Religious, Geography and Settlement Studies, Political Thought
Paper 1221-cImago imperii caelestis et mundani: Vision of Empire Depicted in the Illuminations of Erazm Ciołek's Pontifical (Bishop of Płock 1504-1522) - A Short Study of the Political Thought
(Language: English)
Justyna Kuska, Institute of Art, Polish Academy of Science, Warszawa
Index terms: Art History - Painting, Liturgy, Manuscripts and Palaeography, Political Thought
Abstract

This session investigates representations and symbols of empire. P. Rajca treats the medieval world of signs and symbols as a empire and examines some sectors of this realm: the colours, the representations of women, and the tombstone figures. Her point of depart is symbolic vision of reality. T. Węcławowicz examines the structures of urban space and architecture in early medieval Poland, inspired by the works of Carolingian and Ottonian empire. J. Kuska analyses the miniatures from the Liber pontificalis of Bishop Erasm Ciołek representing the liturgy of coronation of Polish kings. She discoveries in them the royal ideology in both secular and religious matters and investigates the relationship beetween text and image.