IMC 2021: Sessions
Session 1613: Representations of Temperate / Intemperate Emotions in Visual Art and Literature, II: Fear and Anger
Thursday 8 July 2021, 11.15-12.45
Organiser: | Dafna Nissim, Department of the Arts, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva |
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Moderator/Chair: | Tovi Bibring, Department of French Culture, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan |
Paper 1613-a | What Are You So Afraid of?: Scare Tactics in Hebrew Illuminated Manuscripts (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - Decorative Arts, Hebrew and Jewish Studies, Heraldry |
Paper 1613-b | Illustrating Anger: Divine Retribution in 'Pèlerine' (La Vie des pères) (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - Decorative Arts, Language and Literature - French or Occitan |
Paper 1613-c | Self-Control, Rationality, Illusion, and Mutual Respect: A Dominican Poet Addresses His Audience - Ulrich Bonerius's The Gemstone, 1350 (Language: English) Index terms: Education, Language and Literature - German |
Paper 1613-d | Unexpected and Immoderate: Grinning Heads and Bewildered Grimaces in the 13th Century (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - Decorative Arts, Manuscripts and Palaeography |
Abstract | In medieval philosophy, excessive joy, fear, or anger were signs of an imbalance in the human organism that had implications on one's moral behavior, decision-making, and, ultimately, salvation. Medieval theological treatises, mirror for princes genre texts, fictional literature, and chivalric manuals wrote of temperance as a virtue that has to be practiced and achieved, a quality that demonstrated the balanced path between the extremes of excess and deficiency. Medieval texts and visual culture reflect many allusions to the importance of temperate emotions in realizing the virtue of moderation. This session brings together papers that examine textual or visual manifestations of fear and anger, two emotional states that demonstrate withdrawal from expected moderation. They reveal who is allowed to feel intemperate feelings, in what situation, and what are the means to overcome these emotional states in medieval thought. |