Other Animals and Humans in Medieval Art

Sponsoring Organization(s)

International Center of Medieval Art (ICMA)

Organizer Name

Martha Easton, Corine Schleif

Organizer Affiliation

Seton Hall Univ., Arizona State Univ.

Presider Name

Corine Schleif, Martha Easton

Paper Title 1

Kalila and Dimna (Paris, BnF lat. 8504): Visual Lessons from Cross-Cultural Animals

Presenter 1 Name

Anna D. Russakoff

Presenter 1 Affiliation

American Univ. of Paris

Paper Title 2

Animal, Human, or Both? The Monstrous Races in a Bestiary Compilation

Presenter 2 Name

Elizabeth Morrison

Presenter 2 Affiliation

J. Paul Getty Museum

Paper Title 3

"Partout la figure du lion": The Enduring Legacy of the Coucy donjon Tympanum

Presenter 3 Name

Richard A. Leson

Presenter 3 Affiliation

Univ. of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Start Date

8-5-2014 1:30 PM

Session Location

Bernhard Brown & Gold Room

Description

Medieval art and society could not have existed without nonhuman animals. Human knowledge of animals is and was produced and exchanged largely through images, albeit differently during the Middle Ages than today. These papers address the ways in which humans defined themselves against animal others in and through visual images. Martha Easton and Corine Schleif