The Long Lives of Medieval Objects, from Big to Small I: Restoration

Sponsoring Organization(s)

AVISTA: The Association Villard de Honnecourt for the Interdisciplinary Study of Medieval Technology, Science, and Art

Organizer Name

Jennifer M. Feltman, Sarah Thompson

Organizer Affiliation

Univ. of West Florida, Rochester Institute of Technology

Presider Name

Jennifer M. Feltman

Paper Title 1

Ottocento Interventions at San Francesco, Siena: The Afterlives of the Lorenzetti Frescos

Presenter 1 Name

Imogen Tedbury

Presenter 1 Affiliation

Courtauld Institute of Art

Paper Title 2

Understanding the Restoration of Chartres Cathedral

Presenter 2 Name

Meredith Cohen

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Univ. of California-Los Angeles

Paper Title 3

The Power of Absence: The Missing North Tower of Saint-Denis

Presenter 3 Name

Sarah Thompson

Start Date

14-5-2016 10:00 AM

Session Location

Schneider 1220

Description

Traditional histories often privilege the moment of an object’s origin, whether it be the design of a building, the production of a manuscript, or the creation of decorative arts, ritual or mundane. Yet medieval objects have long and expansive lives that defy the period and geographic boundaries set by academic disciplines. Many medieval objects have extended prehistories emerging from their sites and contexts of creation, and most medieval objects have undergone a variety of interventions and adaptations since coming into being. The lives of these objects have been further extended through historiography and digital media. In this, the first of three AVISTA sponsored sessions, papers consider issues of restoration.

Jennifer M. Feltman, Sarah Thompson