IMC 2021: Sessions
Session 1111: Caucasian Climates, II: Religious Climates in Georgia
Wednesday 7 July 2021, 11.15-12.45
| Sponsor: | Medieval Caucasus Network |
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| Organisers: | James Baillie, Independent Scholar, Birmingham John Latham-Sprinkle, Department of History, School of Oriental & African Studies, University of London |
| Moderator/Chair: | James Baillie, Independent Scholar, Birmingham |
| Paper 1111-a | Modification of the Environment by Monks of the Lavra of St Davit in the Middle Byzantine Period (Language: English) Index terms: Architecture - Religious, Economics - Rural, Geography and Settlement Studies, Monasticism |
| Paper 1111-b | Portico: Discerning the Church as the Body of Christ (Language: English) Index terms: Architecture - Religious, Art History - Sculpture, Ecclesiastical History, Religious Life |
| Abstract | This session will present new approaches to religious life in medieval Georgia, which places its unique developments in its wider environmental and geographical context. From the design of churches, to the structure of desert monasticism, this session's papers will explore the influence of Georgia's widely varied environments on the religious built environment. This session's papers will also apply new approaches of interconnectivity to explain the design of Georgian icons and the political orientation of hagiographical accounts, emphasising Georgia's geographical position at the edge of the Christian oikumene. |