IMC 2019: Sessions
Session 637: Materiality and Ceremonies
Tuesday 2 July 2019, 11.15-12.45
| Sponsor: | University of Rijeka |
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| Organiser: | Kosana Jovanović, Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences, University of Rijeka |
| Moderator/Chair: | Suzana Miljan, Institute of Historical & Social Sciences, Croatian Academy of Sciences & Arts, Zagreb |
| Paper 637-a | The Importance of Ceremonies Associated with Medieval Wooden Sculpture and Its Fragile Materiality (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - General, Art History - Decorative Arts, Art History - Sculpture, Religious Life |
| Paper 637-b | Swords as Symbolic and Ceremonial Objects: A View from the Carolingian Periphery (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - Artefacts, Archaeology - General, Archaeology - Sites, Daily Life |
| Paper 637-c | How Effective Were the Symbols of Power? (Language: English) Index terms: Heraldry, Mentalities, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Paper 637-d | Portable Effigies' Role in the Royal Funeral Ceremony (Language: English) Index terms: Mentalities, Political Thought, Politics and Diplomacy |
| Abstract | This four-paper session aims to present various aspects of materiality in both sacral and secular ceremonies. With examples ranging from the early to the late Middle Ages the papers will show different approaches to the research of ceremonies, from the standpoint of archaeology, art history, heraldry, history of ideas, political history and thought. The topics that will be analysed in this session are ceremonies associated with the medieval wooden sculpture, swords as ceremonial objects, artefacts, and rituals as symbols of power and the usage of portable effigies during funeral ceremonies. Each paper demonstrates the importance of the material aspect in researching ceremonies. |