Regionalism in Medieval Art and Architecture
Sponsoring Organization(s)
International Center of Medieval Art (ICMA) Student Committee
Organizer Name
Andrew Sears
Organizer Affiliation
Univ. of California-Berkeley/Univ. Bern
Presider Name
Mark H. Summers
Presider Affiliation
Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison
Paper Title 1
Sea Change and the Second Coming: The Leeds Cross and Its Regional Artistic Networks
Presenter 1 Name
Amanda Doviak
Presenter 1 Affiliation
Univ. of York
Paper Title 2
The Norfolk Gnadenstuhl: Re-evaluating the Origins of the "Throne of Grace" Trinity
Presenter 2 Name
Sophie Kelly
Presenter 2 Affiliation
Univ. of Kent
Paper Title 3
"Sienese" and "Simonesque": Regionalism and the Reception of a Fourteenth-Century Polyptych for the Poor Clares at Aix-en-Provence
Presenter 3 Name
Imogen Tedbury
Presenter 3 Affiliation
Courtauld Institute of Art/National Gallery of Art
Start Date
12-5-2018 10:00 AM
Session Location
Fetzer 2030
Description
In 2001, Eva Hoffman introduced the concept of portability, suggesting a style that transcended traditional geographic, cultural, and religious boundaries. Since then, studies of traveling objects, trade networks, and pluralistic communities have created a veritable new field of the “Global Middle Ages,” which has helped us to better understand the interconnected medieval past as well as its role in shaping our sense of place today.
Our panel seeks to consider how local identity was shaped by such global networks. Potential questions include: Are artistic or architectural styles connected to specific places for specific reasons? Were medieval artists conscious about their own regional styles and the social, political, and religious impact they had? How was art positioned to both create communities and delineate boundaries? What about the rise of the “International Gothic” towards the end of the Middle Ages? Our concerns are also temporal, such as how the use of historicizing motifs and spolia helped medieval artists to communicate something about the here and now.
Andrew Sears
Regionalism in Medieval Art and Architecture
Fetzer 2030
In 2001, Eva Hoffman introduced the concept of portability, suggesting a style that transcended traditional geographic, cultural, and religious boundaries. Since then, studies of traveling objects, trade networks, and pluralistic communities have created a veritable new field of the “Global Middle Ages,” which has helped us to better understand the interconnected medieval past as well as its role in shaping our sense of place today.
Our panel seeks to consider how local identity was shaped by such global networks. Potential questions include: Are artistic or architectural styles connected to specific places for specific reasons? Were medieval artists conscious about their own regional styles and the social, political, and religious impact they had? How was art positioned to both create communities and delineate boundaries? What about the rise of the “International Gothic” towards the end of the Middle Ages? Our concerns are also temporal, such as how the use of historicizing motifs and spolia helped medieval artists to communicate something about the here and now.
Andrew Sears