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IMC 2014: Sessions

Session 221: Luxury Art, II: Emperors and Their Use of Art

Monday 7 July 2014, 14.15-15.45

Sponsor:Universiteit van Amsterdam
Organiser:Wendelien A. W. Van Welie-Vink, Afdeling Kunst- en cultuurwetenschappen, Universiteit van Amsterdam
Moderator/Chair:Julian Gardner, Department of the History of Art, University of Warwick
Paper 221-aHow to Become an Emperor: Charlemagne and the Byzantine Empire as an Example of Emperorship
(Language: English)
Wendelien A. W. Van Welie-Vink, Afdeling Kunst- en cultuurwetenschappen, Universiteit van Amsterdam
Index terms: Architecture - Secular, Art History - General, Byzantine Studies
Paper 221-bImperial Gifts from the King: Charlemagne's Diplomatic Gifts as Tokens of Imperial Appearance before the Year 800
(Language: English)
Gerardina Schlooz, Departement Kunst-, religie- en cultuurwetenschappen, Universiteit van Amsterdam
Index terms: Architecture - General, Art History - General, Politics and Diplomacy
Abstract

Artifacts and buildings can play an important role in the image used by an emperor or prince who wants to present himself. Material, iconography but also the example to which the object or building is modeled radiate a message. This session will investigate how art was used in the image that prince and emperor wanted to communicate.