Crossing the Hanseatic Threshold and Beyond: Making Connections in Medieval Art, ca. 1200-1500

Sponsoring Organization(s)

International Center of Medieval Art (ICMA) Student Committee

Organizer Name

Lehti Mairike Keelmann, Laura Tillery

Organizer Affiliation

Univ. of Michigan-Ann Arbor, Univ. of Pennsylvania

Presider Name

Lehti Mairike Keelmann

Paper Title 1

Artists Abroad: The Dawn of Rhennish Gothic Ivory Carving

Presenter 1 Name

Dustin Aaron

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Courtauld Institute of Art/Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Paper Title 2

The Value of Reliquaries in the Hanseatic League

Presenter 2 Name

Andrew R. Sears

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Univ. of California-Berkeley

Paper Title 3

From Distant Places to Mercantile Spaces: Late Medieval Altarpieces in Hanseatic Lübeck

Presenter 3 Name

Laura Tillery

Start Date

12-5-2016 3:30 PM

Session Location

Schneider 1225

Description

Crossing the Hanseatic Threshold and Beyond: Making Connections in Medieval Art, c. 1200-1500

The Hanse, also known as the Hanseatic League, was a trade network of merchants and cities across the Northern and Baltic Seas that flourished in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. Due to its geographic reach, the Hanse provided a framework to connect distant towns, peoples, cultures, ideas, and materials together. This session aims to explore the often-overlooked artistic production in the transnational Hanseatic region. Artistic exchange across Hanse trade routes was extensive and wide reaching. Art objects traveled long distances and were produced with great variety to reflect the multi-faceted identities and goals of their patrons.

Papers will address artistic circulation, mobility, exchange, networks, identity, media, and/or patronage in the Hanseatic arena. Larger questions on ‘Hanseatic art’, Hanse art historical historiography, and the self-fashioning of Hanse merchants or patrons will also be interrogated. More generally, papers will explore art and mercantile trade in littoral and riverine towns in Europe, c. 1200-1500.

This session is sponsored by the Student Committee of the International Center of Medieval Art. The ICMA Student Committee involves and advocates for all members with student status. As a committee that addresses the concerns of students, we see this session as a forum for discussion and informal mentorship within our field.

Session Co-Organizers:

Lehti Mairike Keelmann, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Laura Tillery, University of Pennsylvania

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May 12th, 3:30 PM

Crossing the Hanseatic Threshold and Beyond: Making Connections in Medieval Art, ca. 1200-1500

Schneider 1225

Crossing the Hanseatic Threshold and Beyond: Making Connections in Medieval Art, c. 1200-1500

The Hanse, also known as the Hanseatic League, was a trade network of merchants and cities across the Northern and Baltic Seas that flourished in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. Due to its geographic reach, the Hanse provided a framework to connect distant towns, peoples, cultures, ideas, and materials together. This session aims to explore the often-overlooked artistic production in the transnational Hanseatic region. Artistic exchange across Hanse trade routes was extensive and wide reaching. Art objects traveled long distances and were produced with great variety to reflect the multi-faceted identities and goals of their patrons.

Papers will address artistic circulation, mobility, exchange, networks, identity, media, and/or patronage in the Hanseatic arena. Larger questions on ‘Hanseatic art’, Hanse art historical historiography, and the self-fashioning of Hanse merchants or patrons will also be interrogated. More generally, papers will explore art and mercantile trade in littoral and riverine towns in Europe, c. 1200-1500.

This session is sponsored by the Student Committee of the International Center of Medieval Art. The ICMA Student Committee involves and advocates for all members with student status. As a committee that addresses the concerns of students, we see this session as a forum for discussion and informal mentorship within our field.

Session Co-Organizers:

Lehti Mairike Keelmann, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Laura Tillery, University of Pennsylvania