NEW DIRECTIONS IN THE STUDY OF MEDIEVAL SCULPTURE

REGISTRATION NOW OPEN

The focus on the materiality of medieval sculpture has proven crucial to
its study and has expanded our historical understanding of sculpture
itself. Whether monumental relief sculpture in stone, wooden sculptures in
the round, sculpted altarpieces, ivory plaques or enamelled reliquaries,
the possibilities for research on medieval sculpture now extend far beyond
the established canon.

Contemporary medieval sculpture studies have opened the field to
comparative and inclusive research that embraces the social, performative,
gendered and ritual uses of medieval sculpture. This two-day conference
provides an opportunity for scholars and students to reflect on the field
and ask how do we investigate medieval sculpture today and what might come
‘after’ materiality?

This two-day international conference assesses the state of the field of
medieval sculpture, exploring new directions, approaches and technologies
for research. The discussion-based format of the conference will provide an
opportunity for conversation amongst delegates and speakers.

Participants include: Dr Jessica Barker (University of East Anglia), Dr
Stacy Boldrick (University of Leicester), Diana de Bellaigue (National
Museums Scotland), Dr Peter Carpreau (M – Museum Leuven), Dr Xavier Dectot
(National Museums Scotland), Dr Peter Dent (University of Bristol), Prof.
William Diebold (Reed College), Dr Amy Gillette (The Barnes Foundation), Dr
Sarah Guérin (University of Pennsylvania), Dr Agata Gomółka (University of
East Anglia), Robert Hawkins (University of Cambridge), Dr Rachel King
(Burrell Collection), Dr Julian Luxford (University of St Andrews), Dr Luca
Palozzi (University of Edinburgh), Dr Heather Pulliam (University of
Edinburgh), Dr Zachary Stewart (Texas A&M University), Nancy Thebaut
(University of Chicago), Dr Kim Woods (Open University), Michaela Zöschg
(Victoria & Albert Museum). A response by Prof. Paul Binski (University of
Cambridge) will bring proceedings to a close.

£30 / £15 (concessions), including Saturday lunch, Friday night wine
reception, and refreshments.

Please register online here:
https://www.henry-moore.org/whats-on/2018/03/16/new-directions-in-the-study-of-medieval-sculpture

Schedule of Sessions:

Friday 16 March 12.30 – 7.30 PM

Session One: Time
Chair: Dr Peter Dent (University of Bristol)

Dr Luca Palozzi (University of Edinburgh)
‘Giovanni Pisano, the Mechanical Clock and the Epiphany of the Moving Image’

Dr Jessica Barker (University of East Anglia)
‘Mutable Monuments: Time, Decay and Transformation in Medieval Sculpture’

Session Two: Copies and Reconstruction
Chair: Michaela Zöschg (Victoria & Albert Museum)

Dr Amy Gillette (The Barnes Foundation)

Dr Zachary Stewart (Texas A&M University)
‘Reimagining the Font Canopy of St Peter Mancroft, Norwich with new finds
from the Philadelphia Museum of Art’

Prof William Diebold (Reed College)
‘Medieval Monumental Sculpture on Display in the Modern German Museum:
Theory, Practice and the Problem of the Copy’

Session Three: Single Sculpture Study Roundtable
Chair: Dr Luca Palozzi (University of Edinburgh)

‘Multiples Perspectives on a Virgin and Child by the Maestro della Santa
Caterina Gualino’

Dr Xavier Dectot (National Museums Scotland)

Diana de Belliaigue (National Museums Scotland)

Dr Rachel King (Burrell Collection)

Wine Reception to follow

Saturday 17 March 2018, 10 am – 6:30 PM

Session Four: Materiality
Chair: Dr Elisa Foster (Henry Moore Institute)

Dr Kim Woods (Open University)
‘Speaking Sculptures’

Dr Julian Luxford (University of St Andrews)
‘Material or efficient cause? A critique of the agency of sculpture’

Session Five: Material Networks
Chair: Dr Elisa Foster (Henry Moore Institute)

Dr Sarah Guérin (University of Pennsylvania)
‘Material Translations: Medieval Sculpture in a World System’

Dr Peter Capreau (M-Museum Leuven)
‘Cultural Spaces’

Session Six: Medieval Sculpture and Photography
Chair: Dr Jessica Barker (University of East Anglia)

Nancy Thebaut (University of Chicago)
‘Hidden Faces and Facets: Taking an Oblique Look at Medieval Ivories’

Robert Hawkins (University of Cambridge)
‘Spatial issues in the later sculpted bosses from Norwich Cathedral
Cloister (c.1410 – c 1430)’

Session Seven: Making Sense: Body and Mind
Chair: Dr Stacy Boldrick (University of Leicester)

Dr Heather Pulliam (University of Edinburgh)
‘From 2D to 4D: The Cross of the Scriptures and the Embodied Eye’

Dr Agata Gomółka (University of East Anglia)
‘Making Gestures: bodily techniques of stone carving’

Conference Response – Prof Paul Binski (University of Cambridge)

For questions and further information, please contact the conference
organiser, Dr Elisa Foster (elisa.fosterhenry-moore.org).