IMC 2019: Sessions
Session 722: Matter, Image, and Place in Medieval Tuscany
Tuesday 2 July 2019, 14.15-15.45
Organisers: | Renana Bartal, Department of Art History, Tel Aviv University Jessica N. Richardson, Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz, Max-Planck-Institut, Firenze |
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Moderator/Chair: | Jessica N. Richardson, Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz, Max-Planck-Institut, Firenze |
Paper 722-a | The Stone Steps of Dante's Purgatory and Other Materialities of Place and Person (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - General, Language and Literature - Italian |
Paper 722-b | Stone, Wood, and Water: The Church of Santa Croce in Florence and the Legend of the Holy Cross (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - General, Art History - Painting |
Paper 722-c | The Stone of Sansepolcro and the Resurrection of Jerusalem in Tuscany (Language: English) Index terms: Architecture - Religious, Art History - General |
Abstract | Places encompass what is physically enacted and imagined, as well as what is actually found within them, including their developed and natural environments. What is the relationship between a place and the matter from which it is made? What happens when the substance of a location is emphasized, taken away, or represented visually? This session will explore the relationship between material substances and the notion of place in medieval Tuscany. It will consider the appearance and representation of materials such as earth, stone, and wood and the various ways in which they communicated ideas about certain locations, sacred and profane, static and transportable. |