IMC 2015: Sessions
Session 527: The Impact of Religious Reform on the Romanesque Art of Aragón
Tuesday 7 July 2015, 09.00-10.30
Sponsor: | Research Project 'Art & Religious Reforms in Medieval Spain' (HAR2012-38037), Universidad Complutense de Madrid |
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Organiser: | Marta Poza Yagüe, Departamento de Historia del Arte I (Medieval), Universidad Complutense de Madrid |
Moderator/Chair: | Ana Hernández Ferreirós, Departamento de Historia del Arte I (Medieval), Universidad Complutense de Madrid |
Paper 527-a | The Long Shadow of Rome: The Architecture of Jaca Cathedral and the Gregorian Reform (Language: English) Index terms: Architecture - Religious, Art History - General, Ecclesiastical History |
Paper 527-b | Portraying the Clergy in the Age of Reform: Images from Urban Aragón (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - General, Art History - Sculpture, Religious Life |
Paper 527-c | Visual Hagiography and the Politics of Renewal and Reform in Romanesque Aragon (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - General, Ecclesiastical History, Hagiography |
Abstract | The kingdom of Aragón acted as a bridge between the Iberian Peninsula and Europe in the central Middle Ages, thus displaying an openness to innovations arriving from beyond the Pyrenees, among which was the new Romanesque style received quite early in the territory. This was especially true for the Gregorian Reform, which impacted greatly on the Aragonese monarchs and prelates, eager to connect themselves with the spititual renovation issued from Rome, but each pursuing their own agendas. In their effort they used art as a method, among others, to show their commitment with the new principles dispensed by the papacy. This session will examine some of these instances, ranging from the architectural solutions of the cathedral of Jaca, to the representation of saints and clergy in artwork that visually associated Aragón with the reform. |