Material Metamorphoses
Sponsoring Organization(s)
Special Session
Organizer Name
Rachel Danford, Chiara Valle
Organizer Affiliation
Johns Hopkins Univ., Johns Hopkins Univ.
Presider Name
Chiara Valle
Paper Title 1
Metamorphosis by Vision: The Transformative Effect of the Crucifixus Dolorosus
Presenter 1 Name
Meredith Raucher
Presenter 1 Affiliation
Johns Hopkins Univ.
Paper Title 2
An Infirmary of Curative Materials: Medical Practitioners and Miraculous Images amid the Canonization of Ignatius of Loyola
Presenter 2 Name
Jonathan E. Greenwood
Presenter 2 Affiliation
Johns Hopkins Univ.
Paper Title 3
From Rock to Canvas: A Fourteenth-Century Fresco Fragment in the Walters Art Museum
Presenter 3 Name
Pamela Betts
Presenter 3 Affiliation
Walters Art Museum
Start Date
11-5-2014 8:30 AM
Session Location
Schneider 1355
Description
This session takes an interdisciplinary approach to the theme of the transformation of matter from one state into another in the later Middle Ages, focusing especially on medieval visual and material culture. The papers explore intersections between art, science, medicine, and theology.
Rachel Danford, Chiara Valle
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Material Metamorphoses
Schneider 1355
This session takes an interdisciplinary approach to the theme of the transformation of matter from one state into another in the later Middle Ages, focusing especially on medieval visual and material culture. The papers explore intersections between art, science, medicine, and theology.
Rachel Danford, Chiara Valle