IMC 2023: Sessions
Session 145: Medieval Architecture as Disguised Symbolism, I
Monday 3 July 2023, 11.15-12.45
| Sponsor: | Zentrum für Mittelalterstudien (ZEMAS), Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg |
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| Organiser: | Nathalie-Josephine von Möllendorff, Institut für Kunstgeschichte, Technische Universität Dortmund / Universität Bern |
| Moderator/Chair: | Christof Rolker, Institut für Geschichtswissenschaften und Europäische Ethnologie, Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg |
| Paper 145-a | The Iconology of Timber: On the Materiality of Wood and Timber Constructions in Medieval Paintings (Language: English) Index terms: Architecture - General, Architecture - Religious, Art History - Painting |
| Paper 145-b | The Iconography of Architecture: Painted Architecture as Stage, Frame, and Symbol (Language: English) Index terms: Architecture - General, Architecture - Religious, Art History - Painting |
| Paper 145-c | Disguised Architecture: Urban Topographies in the Trionfo della Morte (Language: English) Index terms: Architecture - Religious, Art History - General, Art History - Painting |
| Abstract | The architecture depicted in the various artistic media is to be distinguished from built architecture. With a critical eye, it quickly becomes apparent that the representations are not always pure illustrations, and thus questions regarding the meaning of and the motivation for architectural representations arise. They can be document or visualisation, representation or blueprint, ideal or fiction, narratorial stage setting and reference to a spatial context, and ultimately iconographic symbol. The session will focus on the different forms of architectural depiction from a wide range of disciplines. In bringing together multiple disciplinary approaches, the papers - ranging from art history, historical building research, and even musicology - will highlight the rich significance of depicted architecture. |