IMC 2020: Sessions
Session 227: African Art across Borders
Monday 6 July 2020, 14.15-15.45
Sponsor: | Historisches Institut, Ruhr-Universität Bochum |
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Organiser: | Verena Krebs, Historisches Institut, Ruhr-Universität Bochum |
Moderator/Chair: | Alexandra F. C. Cuffel, Centrum für Religionswissenschaftliche Studien, Ruhr-Universität Bochum |
Paper 227-a | Redrawing the Borders of Medieval African Art and Considering Its Implications for Medieval Studies (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - General, Art History - Decorative Arts, Art History - Painting |
Paper 227-b | The Ethiopian Illuminations of the Book of Revelation and the Life and Death of St John in British Library, Or 533 (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - General, Art History - Decorative Arts, Art History - Painting |
Paper 227-c | Borders, Reconsidered: What Can Isotope Analysis Reveal about the Object History of a 12th-Century German-Carved Majestas Domini - and about the Medieval Trade in Ivory from Africa to Europe? (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - General, Art History - Decorative Arts, Art History - Sculpture, Economics - Trade |
Abstract | Africa has a rich tradition of art. African styles and materials were prevalent across the continent and exported throughout the medieval world. This session will analyse the role of African art across borders and its influence and connectivity in a wider world and what this poses in a connected medieval world. |