IMC 2026: Sessions

Session 837: Intermateriality, II

Tuesday 7 July 2026, 16:30-18:00

Sponsor:	Institut für Realienkunde des Mittelalters und der frühen Neuzeit, Universität Salzburg
Organiser:	Elisabeth Gruber, Institut für Realienkunde des Mittelalters und der frühen Neuzeit, Paris Lodron Universität Salzburg
Moderator/Chair:	David Franz Hobelleitner, Abteilung Kunstgeschichte, Paris Lodron Universität Salzburg
Paper 837-a	Matter, Time, and Sacred Speech: Intermateriality and Temporality at the Ambo of Aachen (Language: English) Joanna Olchawa, Institut für Kunstgeschichte, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München Index terms: Archaeology - General, Art History - Sculpture, Liturgy, Sermons and Preaching
Paper 837-b	Intermateriality and Iconology of Technique: The Bronze Door of San Zeno in Verona (Language: English) Heike Schlie, Institut für Realienkunde des Mittelalters und der frühen Neuzeit, Paris Lodron Universität Salzburg Index terms: Art History - General, Art History - Sculpture, Technology, Theology
Paper 837-c	Differentiations in Wood: Depictions of Grain Patterns in Late Medieval Book Illumination (Language: English) Isabella Nicka, Institut für Realienkunde des Mittelalters und der frühen Neuzeit, Paris Lodron Universität Salzburg Index terms: Art History - General, Art History - Painting, Manuscripts and Palaeography, Theology
Abstract	In two sessions, we will explore intermaterial relations in the Middle Ages, focusing on their role in shaping meaning and influencing perception or use in the arts, crafts, and sociocultural and economic practices. Building on established concepts of material interaction, material transfer, and material interference (Strässle 2014), we aim to deepen our understanding of intermaterial relations in specific contexts, such as the simultaneous or sequential (co-)occurrence and use of materials within an object or a set of related objects. This approach also considers the temporal dimension of intermaterial relationships. We will emphasize the dynamic processes through which material relations are formed, transformed, or disrupted, highlighting the interplay between intentional human agency and external conditions in shaping their scope and impact. Additionally, the papers will address distinctions between intermateriality and related concepts like intermediality or intertextuality, with the goal of refining a theoretical framework for analyzing the role of materialities in the Middle Ages.