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WiSe 22/23: New perspectives on early medieval stone sculpture from Ireland to Scandinavia

Tina Bawden

Hinweise für Studierende

Termine Blockseminar: 21.10. Vorbesprechung; 11./12.11.; 2./3.12.

Kommentar

The seminar looks at early medieval stone sculpture from Ireland, Scotland, England and Scandinavia. We will especially focus on high crosses and cross slabs, but we will also consider hogbacks and inscribed stones, analysing both thoroughly researched examples such as Ruthwell Cross and less well-known monuments of – for example – Pictish art. A central aim is gaining an overview of these heterogeneous sculptural traditions in a broader European context, considering historical and artistic contexts and the diversity of objects produced. Why have these monuments often been researched separately? Which aspects and topics have interested researchers recently? Students will be introduced to questions and methods central to early medieval art history (how to deal with a lack of written sources, how close art history and archaeology are, what to ‘do’ with objects we do not understand). Topics include the function of stone crosses within liturgy and landscape, social functions, the biography of monuments, the role of stones as bearers of ornament, figures and text in different scripts and languages, as well as enigmatic symbols. In addition to a close study of specific examples, the seminar will look at Insular art and culture in the context of early medieval visual culture in general, and at the exchange between the Isles, Scandinavia and the Continent. Schließen

Literaturhinweise

Literature For an idea of the kinds of objects we will be studying, please consult: Peter Harbison: The High Crosses of Ireland: An Iconographical and Photographical Survey, 3 vols., Bonn 1992; George and Isabel Henderson: The Art of the Picts: Sculpture and Metalwork in Early Medieval Scotland, London 2004; Sigmund Oehrl, Die Bildsteine Gotlands: Probleme und neue Wege ihrer Dokumentation, Lesung und Deutung, 2 Bde. Friedberg 2019; Fred Orton and Ian Wood, with Clare A. Lees, Fragments of History: Rethinking the Ruthwell and Bewcastle Monuments, Manchester 2007. Schließen

Zusätzliche Termine

Fr, 21.10.2022 12:00 - 16:00

Dozenten:
Dr. Tina Bawden