IMC 2015: Sessions
Session 202: The Political Function of Tombs in Late Medieval Europe, I: Representing the Self
Monday 6 July 2015, 14.15-15.45
| Sponsor: | University of Nottingham / Research Group 'Boundaries & Identity Formation in the Premodern World', Universiteit van Amsterdam |
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| Organisers: | Sanne Frequin, Center for Medieval & Renaissance Studies Amsterdam, Universiteit van Amsterdam Matthew Ward, Department of History, University of Nottingham |
| Moderator/Chair: | Julian Gardner, Department of the History of Art, University of Warwick |
| Paper 202-a | An Inconvenient Truth: Michele Sanmicheli’s Tomb Monument for Francesco Sambonifacio and the Misrepresentation of the Self in 16th-Century Verona (Language: English) |
| Paper 202-b | Brotherly Struggle for Dominance: The Dynastical Claims of Christopher and Ulrich III of Mecklenburg Carved into Stone (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - General, Art History - Sculpture, Heraldry, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Paper 202-c | Jeanne of Flanders: A Tomb for a Lady (Language: English) Index terms: Architecture - General, Art History - Sculpture, Gender Studies, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Abstract | The location of a tomb, its iconographical content, or its stylistic composition can be used to convey a variety of explicit - or indeed implicit - political messages: a statement of solidarity; a marker of individual identity; a statement of national or dynastic pride; or a reconstruction of elements of the life of the commemorated. In this session the political function of medieval tombs as representation of the self will be investigated. Dynastical claims carved into stone (expressed by the tombs of the Mecklenburg brothers Christopher and Ulrich III and by the 13th-century tombs in Flanders and Hainaut) will be addressed. The 16-century Veronese monument for Francesco di Giulio Sambonifacio by the Veronese architect Michele Sanmicheli will reveal both personal and political motives for its construction. |