Re/Presenting the Abstract, Abstracting Reality II

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Early Drama, Art, and Music

Organizer Name

Jesse Hurlbut

Organizer Affiliation

Brigham Young Univ.

Presider Name

Alexandra Johnston

Presider Affiliation

Univ. of Toronto

Paper Title 1

Cloths and Clothing, Ropes and Strings, Violence and Voices, Aborted Souls That Sing: Reality Bound and Gagged in Le Roman de Silence

Presenter 1 Name

Gloria Thomas Gilmore-Hunt

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Utah Valley Univ.

Paper Title 2

Anthropomorphic Trinities, Sexed Souls, and Erotic Angels: Enfleshing the Abstract in Late Medieval Art

Presenter 2 Name

Sherry C. M. Lindquist

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Western Illinois Univ.

Paper Title 3

Memory and Remembering: Sacred History and the York Plays

Presenter 3 Name

Clifford Davidson

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Western Michigan Univ.

Start Date

8-5-2014 1:30 PM

Session Location

Schneider 1345

Description

This session examines the ways that art and drama serve to translate abstract understandings into a sensorial reality and/or to convert tangible realities into manageable abstractions.

Patricia Hollahan