IMC 2019: Sessions
Session 1744: Precious Pastimes: Music and Entertainments for Regular and Secular Nobility
Thursday 4 July 2019, 14.15-15.45
| Organiser: | Maria Portmann, Kunsthistorisches Institut, Universität Zürich |
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| Moderator/Chair: | Michael A. Conrad, Kunsthistorisches Institut, Universität Zürich |
| Paper 1744-a | The Interaction between Metallic and Painted Elements in the Decoration of the Camera Domini of Chillon Castle (Switzerland) (Language: English) Index terms: Architecture - Secular, Art History - Decorative Arts, Art History - Painting |
| Paper 1744-b | Noble Materials for Noble Pastimes: Medieval Game Pieces as a Matter of Royal Representation in Europe in the 12th and 13th Centuries - A Transcultural Perspective (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - Decorative Arts, Art History - Painting, Manuscripts and Palaeography, Social History |
| Paper 1744-c | Precious Materials for Music Instruments as Distinctive Signs of Power: The Organ of the Valeria Church in Sion (Switzerland) (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - General, Liturgy, Manuscripts and Palaeography, Music |
| Abstract | During the Middle Ages, carving wood, creating metal and painted decorations were made by workers of a lower social status for regular and secular nobility. Some sources explaining either their methodology or the acquisition of objects made with noble materials, like precious wood or metal. Such objects were made either to be played or to be shown as objects of power in private and public spaces which were used to show their religious or political power. In this session, we will focus on the technique to realize games, organs and ornaments, on their use as distinctive signs of the power and of the identity of their owner. Finally, we will show how they were used in spaces as part of the day-life and of rituals. Our topics will focus on the reception and on the use of materials by the nobility in Europe during the Middle Ages. |