IMC 2017: Sessions
Session 227: Oriental and Sephardic Otherness in Western Space and Architecture
Monday 3 July 2017, 14.15-15.45
| Organiser: | Maria Portmann, Kunsthistorisches Institut, Universität Zürich |
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| Moderator/Chair: | Brenda M. Bolton, University of London |
| Paper 227-a | Survivances et altérités: le cas du Palazzo Schifanoia (Language: Français) Index terms: Architecture - Secular, Art History - Painting, Historiography - Modern Scholarship, Local History |
| Paper 227-b | The Construction of Jewish Otherness in the Last Judgement during the Middle Ages in Spain, Italy, and Switzerland (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - Painting, Hebrew and Jewish Studies, Local History |
| Abstract | This session will focus on the depiction of Otherness in paintings and sculpted ornaments in castles and churches. It shows intercultural connections between Oriental, Jewish, and Christian cultures in Italy and Spain.This session will focus on the depiction of magic and astrology in Ferrara, as well as on interreligious and intercultural exchanges in Toledo, Valencia, and Florence. Depicted in private spaces, they underline a special link with the exterior space, where the others are living. Therefore, we will show how political, economic, and cultural interrelations influence the question and the construction of the Christian space during the Middle Ages. |