IMC 2019: Sessions
Session 542: Perspectives on the Materiality of British Romanesque Sculpture
Tuesday 2 July 2019, 09.00-10.30
Sponsor: | Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain & Ireland (CRSBI) |
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Organiser: | Xavier Dectot, Department of Art & Design, National Museums Scotland, Edinburgh |
Moderator/Chair: | Rose Walker, Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London |
Paper 542-a | Carving Emotion in the Chichester Panels (Language: English) Index terms: Architecture - Religious, Art History - Sculpture, Liturgy, Mentalities |
Paper 542-b | St Margaret of Antioch and Her Dragons: Evidence from the Romanesque Record (Language: English) Index terms: Architecture - Religious, Art History - Sculpture, Hagiography |
Paper 542-c | Romanesque Sculpture in the English Chalk Belt (Language: English) Index terms: Architecture - Religious, Art History - Sculpture, Technology |
Abstract | Using all the resources that the systematic approach of the Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland offers, this panel aims to address some of the many interrogations raised by the materiality of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland. How did sculptors address the challenges posed by the nature and quality of stone available to them, from the finest hard limestones to the softest, flint-laden chalks? How did the available instruments condition the sculpting gesture and set material boundaries to their stylistic approach? Which routes were taken by iconographic models throughout the islands? |