IMC 2019: Sessions
Session 1608: Hope and Uncertainty in Medieval Europe and the Near East, II: Cross-Cultural Approaches to Hope in Architecture
Thursday 4 July 2019, 11.15-12.45
| Sponsor: | Sonderforschungsbereich 'Visions of Community' (Austrian Science Fund, FWF F42) |
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| Organisers: | Rutger Kramer, Institut für Mittelalterforschung, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien Daniel Mahoney, Institut für Geschichte, Universität Wien |
| Moderator/Chair: | Jo Van Steenbergen, Henri Pirenne Institute for Medieval Studies / Department of Languages & Cultures: The Near East & the Islamic World, Universiteit Gent |
| Paper 1608-a | United under the 'Dome of Heaven': Aspirational Architecture and Civil Strife in Early Islam (Language: English) Index terms: Architecture - General, Islamic and Arabic Studies, Mentalities, Political Thought |
| Paper 1608-b | The Beginning of Wisdom: Terror, Hope, and the Majesty of God (Language: English) Index terms: Architecture - Religious, Art History - Sculpture, Mentalities, Theology |
| Abstract | This session shows how public art and architecture function as expressions of hopefulness in Islamic and Christian contexts. Mostafa explores the Islamic 'heavenly dome' as a dramatic cultural expression of early Muslims; communal gatherings under such domes solidified multiple Arabo-Islamic identities and countered conflict by healing political divides. Tame's paper examines how the sculptural programmes of early Gothic church portals prepared viewers for entry into the church; the fear and hope they generated were also a first step towards salvation. |