IMC 2021: Sessions
Session 2316: Textiles in the Climate of Political, Economic, and Religious Change
Friday 9 July 2021, 16.30-18.00
| Sponsor: | Discussion, Interpretation & Study of Textile Arts, Fabrics & Fashion (DISTAFF) |
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| Organiser: | Gale R. Owen-Crocker, Department of English & American Studies, University of Manchester |
| Moderator/Chair: | Monica L. Wright, Department of Modern Languages, University of Louisiana, Lafayette |
| Paper 2316-a | The Crossover of Design Motifs in Early Medieval Art from Early Medieval England: Metalwork to Embroidery, Embroidery to Metalwork, or Wider Material Cultural Influences? (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - Artefacts, Art History - Decorative Arts, Women's Studies |
| Paper 2316-b | A Climate of Exchange: Saintly Bones, Imported Silks, and Religious Devotion to Cologne's Cult of the Virgin Martyrs in the 14th Century (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - General, Economics - Trade, Gender Studies, Islamic and Arabic Studies |
| Paper 2316-c | Reflecting a Woven Identity: The Impact of a Global Economic Climate on Two Lucchese Church Façades (Language: English) Index terms: Architecture - Religious, Art History - General, Economics - Trade, Islamic and Arabic Studies |
| Abstract | The first paper focuses on interrelation between metalwork and embroidery designs: was it one way or a more complex process reflecting a climate of political and religious change? The second investigates painted garments on 14th-century wooden images of Virgin Martyrs suggesting they wear contemporary, fashionable garments in imitation of heavenly glory, but also displaying their efficacy as intercessors for Cologne's economic and religious needs. The third argues that economic climate influenced the 13th-century façade program of two major churches in Lucca, which reflected the city's identity as a luxury textile producer. |