Announcement: 06.07.2022 IMC Leeds: Breaking the Boundary: Forces and Counter-Forces in Medieval Italian Art

3 May 2022

Sponsored by the DFG Centre for Advanced Studies »Imaginaria of Force« and the Netzwerk Italienforschung, the session »Breaking the Boundary: Forces and Counter-Forces in Medieval Italian Art« brings together perspectives on the dynamics of forces in spaces, situations, and imaginaria of boundaries. Pursuing an interest in both spatial and temporal boundaries, the panel traces the forces and counter-forces that have an effect onto the 'border' as they form it in a material, spatial, or imaginative way. Discussing the forces emanating from borders in Italian art, the panel also sheds light on the semantic potential of borders to stabilize the frameworks or spaces they enclose.

Paper -a: Against the Wall: Narrating the Border in Representations of Mountainous Landscapes in Trecento Art
Isabella Augart (Göttingen)

Paper -b: The Force of Privation: How Cast Shadows Accentuate Spatial and Ontological Boundaries in Trecentesque Painting
Gerd Mathias Micheluzzi (Hamburg)

Paper -c: Why Borders?: Reflections on the Construction of Boundaries in Art Historical Discourse
Tanja Hinterholz (Vienna)

Paper -d: Royal Portraits in Serbia and Italy, Late 13th and Early 14th Century: Iconographical Changes and Adaptation to Foreign Policy
Ana Griza (Erlangen-Nürnberg)

Organisers: Isabella Augart (Göttingen), Gerd Micheluzzi (Hamburg)
Chair: Tanja Hinterholz (Vienna)
Location: International Medieval Congress, Leeds (UK)
Time: 12:15 – 13:45 CEST

In order to participate online (subject to charges), it is necessary to register by 15 June 2022 at the following link: https://www.imc.leeds.ac.uk/register/