IMC 2019: Sessions
Session 1336: Material Objects Teeming with Life
Wednesday 3 July 2019, 16.30-18.00
Sponsor: | Discussion, Interpretation & Study of Textile Arts, Fabrics & Fashion (DISTAFF) |
---|---|
Organiser: | Gale R. Owen-Crocker, Department of English & American Studies, University of Manchester |
Moderator/Chair: | Gale R. Owen-Crocker, Department of English & American Studies, University of Manchester |
Paper 1336-a | Images of Spinning in Flemish Prayer Books (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - Painting, Manuscripts and Palaeography, Social History, Women's Studies |
Paper 1336-b | Weaving the Body, Piercing the Veil: On the Materiality of Two Byzantine Aer-Epitaphioi from Mount Athos (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - Decorative Arts, Byzantine Studies, Theology |
Paper 1336-c | Threading Life into a 15th-Century Jesse Tree Altar Frontal (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - Decorative Arts, Biblical Studies, Lay Piety, Religious Life |
Abstract | In 14th-century Flemish prayer books, images of spinners jostle with other marginalia. Our first paper examines the spinner in Flemish culture and religious experience. Our second focuses on two Byzantine aer-epitaphioi, considering the symbolic significance of weaving and embroidering within the context of Byzantine theology and religious iconography, and the evocation of Christ's Incarnation and Passion. The third examines a Jesse Tree on a 15th-century altar frontal in the Whitworth Art Gallery, with a lively presentation of the Kings of Israel, a 'Tree' and grazing animals. The cloth's materiality enhanced the animation of this accompaniment to the Mass ritual. |