IMC 2023: Sessions
Session 245: Medieval Architecture as Disguised Symbolism, II
Monday 3 July 2023, 14.15-15.45
| 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: | Nathalie-Josephine von Möllendorff, Institut für Kunstgeschichte, Technische Universität Dortmund / Universität Bern |
| Paper 245-a | Gold-Forged Architecture: Reliquaries as the Homestead of the Holy (Language: English) Index terms: Architecture - Religious, Art History - Decorative Arts, Art History - General |
| Paper 245-b | (Un)Civilised Architecture: Of Wilderness, Civilisation, and the In-Between in Late Medieval Tristrant Picture Cycles (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - General, Language and Literature - German, Manuscripts and Palaeography |
| 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. |