IMC 2019: Sessions
Session 1718: Shaping Matter(s)
Thursday 4 July 2019, 14.15-15.45
| Sponsor: | Institut für Realienkunde des Mittelalters und der frühen Neuzeit, Universität Salzburg, Krems |
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| Organiser: | Gabriele Schichta, Interdisziplinäres Zentrum für Mittelalter und Frühneuzeit (IZMF), Universität Salzburg |
| Moderator/Chair: | Thomas Kühtreiber, Institut für Realienkunde des Mittelalters und der frühen Neuzeit, Universität Salzburg |
| Paper 1718-a | Lasting Impressions: The Technique of Moulding in Medieval Religious Practice (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - General, Daily Life, Mentalities, Religious Life |
| Paper 1718-b | Sculpting Innovation: The Use of Terracotta in Architectural Decor as a Marker of Transfer Processes - The Case of Castle Neuburg am Inn, Bavaria, c. 1530 (Language: English) Index terms: Architecture - Secular, Art History - Sculpture |
| Paper 1718-c | Shaping Knowledge on the Early Modern Table (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - Decorative Arts, Daily Life, Manuscripts and Palaeography, Mentalities |
| Abstract | No other process of creative labour stands closer to the biblical creatio ex nihilo than the shaping of soft amorphous materials such as clay, wax, papier maché, or dough. By focusing on selected materials and manufacturing techniques, the papers in this session will trace the knowledge produced in the course of human-material-interaction and its generative impact on culture, especially keeping in mind the level of abstract ideas and concepts. How did those manufacturing techniques that were connected with amorphous materials in particular – like free-style modelling, casting, moulding, or embossing – undergo symbolic interpretation? And how did the symbolic knowledge coming from such interpretive practices then re-enter the creative processes? We will look at this multifaceted and highly productive reciprocal effect from the perspectives of different academic fields. |