IMC 2015: Sessions
Session 303: The Body in Medieval Art, II: The Altered Body
Monday 6 July 2015, 16.30-18.00
| Sponsor: | Research Group 'Boundaries & Identity Formation in the Premodern World', Universiteit van Amsterdam |
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| 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 303-a | Meaningless Mockery?: The Jewish Caricature in Netherlandish Art (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - General, Art History - Painting |
| Paper 303-b | Behold the Breast!: Impure Images or Respectable Representations? (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - General, Art History - Painting, Art History - Sculpture |
| Paper 303-c | The Anthropomorphic Body: Man and Beast United in the Symbols of the Four Evangelists (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - General, Art History - Painting |
| Abstract | The representation of physical deformations and nudity has received a lot of scholarly attention. In this session, new questions and theories will be presented regarding the meaning, reception, and construction of deformed and naked bodies in medieval art. The meaning of caricatured Jews, Eve's breast and the anthropomorphic bodies of the four evangelists will be reassessed based on new materials and theories. |