IMC 2020: Sessions
Session 604: Animals Near and Far, II: Of Elephants, Nautilus, and Killer Bunnies
Tuesday 7 July 2020, 11.15-12.45
Sponsor: | M(edieval) A(nimal) D(ata-Network), Central European University, Budapest/Wien |
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Organiser: | Mónica Ann Walker Vadillo, Old Operating Theatre Museum, London |
Moderator/Chair: | Alice Choyke, Department of Medieval Studies, Central European University, Budapest |
Paper 604-a | Between Reality and Myth: The Shifting and Fluid Nature of Elephant Imagery (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - Artefacts, Art History - General |
Paper 604-b | Subject and Object: The Case of the Nautilus ab Indis in the Early Modern Period as a Paradigm of Cabinet of Curiosities Culture (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - Sculpture, Medievalism and Antiquarianism, Social History |
Paper 604-c | Killer Rabbits: From the Margins of Manuscripts to Contemporary Memes (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - General, Manuscripts and Palaeography, Medievalism and Antiquarianism |
Abstract | These sessions will explore the perception, representation, and misrepresentation of domestic, exotic and/or fantastic animals in art, literature, daily life, zooarchaeolgy, etc. |