IMC 2026: Sessions
Session 1728: Moving in the Medieval Apse, III: Reconstructing and Reinterpreting Iconographies
Thursday 9 July 2026, 14:15-15:45
| Organiser: | Andrea-Bianka Znorovszky, Departamento de Geografía, Historia e Historia del Arte, Universitat de Lleida |
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| Moderator/Chair: | Eneko Tuduri, Facultad de Letras, Universidad del País Vasco / Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea, Vitoria-Gasteiz |
| Paper 1728-a | In Dialogue with God through the Decoration of the Altar (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - General, Liturgy |
| Paper 1728-b | Marian Pregnancy Representations around the Apse in the Iberian Peninsula (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - Sculpture, Hagiography, Religious Life |
| Abstract | A series of three (3) sessions examine the movements of devotional objects, images, and texts in the medieval apse engaging collective/individual responses and manifestations of devotion on various temporal layers. This session is dedicated to the reconstruction of religious furniture (altar) and the reinterpretation of iconography. It focuses on the reconstruction of masonry painted altars (from northern Italy) based on archaeological excavations and medieval miniatures. A second case study provides a historical interpretation of a fresco decoration (in the apse) linking its commission to the political and spiritual climate experienced by the Order of Friar Minor; while a third case study investigates the movement of Marian pregnancy representations (statues and frescoes) in/around/or in the proximity of the altar generating diverse manifestations of the sacred. |