2023 November Pieter Boonstra Touching the Ears, the Eyes, and the Soul: Sensory Experiences in Late Medieval Preaching in the Low Countries, paper to be presented at INOX, University of…
The conference aims to shed new light on the intricate ways in which the senses, cognition, and the body were engaged in devotional practices, emphasizing themultisensory nature of medieval spirituality
SenSArt team is going to participate at the International Medieval Congress 2023 in Leeds (03/07-06/07). The four sessions organised by the team are entitled “Entanglements of Senses in Medieval Sacred Art and Religious Experience” and will all be held on 5th July.
Organized by Zuleika Murat and Davide Tramarin This 4th Seminar will approach the medieval use of illuminated manuscripts for the private devotion with presentations by Francesca Manzari (Sapienza Università di…
The purpose of this article is to investigate the mental and spiritual process of interiorization of the Passion imagery, the mechanism that permitted the transition from a material representation, experienced with the senses, to a mental image, impressed into the memory, then evoked and relived in a purely spiritual form.
The third seminar of the cycle “SenSArt Seminars on Medieval Art, Religion and Culture” will feature specialists’ presentations on the medieval altar and its environment, approaching the subject both from a broad perspective that draws a comparative analysis of different European regions, to a more focused case-study from the Crown of Castile.
The purpose of this article is to investigate the mental and spiritual process of interiorization of the Passion imagery, the mechanism that permitted the transition from a material representation, experienced with the senses, to a mental image, impressed into the memory, then evoked and relived in a purely spiritual form.
The hydraulic and musical fountain in the Cleveland Museum of Art offers a perfect opportunity for theoretical reflection and practical experimentation in multisensory art history. It is a unique device of gilt and enamelled silver made in Paris ca. 1320.
