IMC 2017: Sessions
Session 703: Diagnosis, Transmission, Reconstruction: Anatomising the Body of Romanesque Sculpture
Tuesday 4 July 2017, 14.15-15.45
| Sponsor: | Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain & Ireland |
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| Organiser: | Jill A. Franklin, Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain & Ireland (CRSBI), London |
| Moderator/Chair: | Karen Impey, Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain & Ireland (CRSBI), London |
| Paper 703-a | The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture and the Medieval Workshop (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - Sculpture, Geography and Settlement Studies |
| Paper 703-b | The Romanesque Sculpture of Dunfermline Abbey and Its Influence: Evidence and Some Questions (Language: English) Index terms: Architecture - Religious, Art History - Sculpture |
| Paper 703-c | Carving Romanesque Bodies (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - General, Art History - Sculpture |
| Abstract | Romanesque art and architecture was transnational in a European context. The architectural sculpture produced in the British Isles and Ireland during the late 11th and 12th centuries demonstrates the visceral connection between these off-shore islands and mainland Europe at that time. In its inaugural session at the IMC, the Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain & Ireland (CRSBI) is seen to reveal some of the ways in which its searchable and fully illustrated database enables art historians to build an understanding of Romanesque stone carving by identifying authorship, tracing the diffusion of carved ornament, recreating workshop practice, and reimagining aesthetic criteria. Launched in 1987 by Professor George Zarnecki with British Academy support and now affiliated also to King's College London, the CRSBI is an Open Access website comprising illustrated records of the Romanesque sculpture at some five thousand sites in Britain and Ireland. |