IMC 2022: Sessions
Session 814: Crossing Borders and More
Tuesday 5 July 2022, 16.30-18.00
| Sponsor: | International Center of Medieval Art (ICMA) |
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| Organisers: | Francesco Capitummino, Institute of Archaeology, University College London Ziqiao Wang, Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London |
| Moderator/Chair: | Francesco Capitummino, Institute of Archaeology, University College London |
| Paper 814-a | Liminal Spaces in the World of Medieval Merchants (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - Sites, Art History - General |
| Paper 814-b | The Perception of the Space beyond the Threshold in the Mosaics of the Basilica of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo in Ravenna (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - General, Byzantine Studies |
| Paper 814-c | Spatio-Temporal Liminality and Transcendence in Trecento and Early Quattrocento Last Judgment Scenes (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - General, Language and Literature - Middle English |
| Paper 814-d | (In)Human Architectures in Geoffrey Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - General, Language and Literature - Middle English |
| Abstract | Borders in the medieval world could encompass a range of delimitations. Geographical borders on maps proclaim demarcations between states or continents, while social borders distinguish different communities of people often through dress or customs. Ideological borders, such as those between religious belief and taboos, instruct individuals to recognise what is morally accepted by divine and clerical authorities and what is not. We aim to organize a session around the visual or material culture produced for or involved in the particular experience of crossing thresholds around the medieval world. How did images, objects, and monumental structures contribute to the experience of crossing the border? How did this particular movement speak to broader concepts of faith, identity, and morality? What do objects exchanged from different geographical zones in history reveal about pre-modern globalization? We invite papers on a range of topics, which may include but are not limited to: |