IMC 2019: Sessions

Session 1342: Bones and Stones: Sculptural Materials in Late Medieval Northern Europe

Organiser:	Laura Tillery, Department of the History of Art, University of Pennsylvania
Moderator/Chair:	Cynthia Osiecki, Philosophische Fakultät, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität, Greifswald
Paper 1342-a	Stoss's Stones: Quarrying and Carving the Ölberg (Language: English) Ruth Ezra, Department of History of Art & Architecture, Harvard University Index terms: Art History - Sculpture, Economics - Urban, Printing History
Paper 1342-b	Carving a Community of Canons: Black Marble Tombs in Late Medieval Liège (Language: English) Elizabeth Mattison, Department of History of Art, University of Toronto Index terms: Art History - Sculpture, Ecclesiastical History, Local History, Religious Life
Paper 1342-c	Divine Anatomy: Considering Bones and Wood in the Making of Late Medieval Reliquary Busts (Language: English) Adam Harris Levine, Department of Art History & Archaeology, Columbia University Index terms: Art History - Decorative Arts, Art History - Sculpture, Hagiography, Religious Life
Abstract	This panel examines the range of sculptural materials used in northern Europe in the late medieval period. Each paper focuses on separate materials - human bones, wood, black marble, and sandstone - in order to interrogate diverse aspects of sculptural production. Such themes include, but are not limited to: the accessibility, mobility, or period meaning of materials and the demands of patron in choosing media.