Institute for Medieval Studies

Session	312
Title	Metaimages, II: Beyond the Frame of the Enshrined Icon
Date/Time	Monday 4 July 2022: 16.30-18.00
Sponsor	International Center of Medieval Art (ICMA)
Organiser	Giulia Puma, Département d'Histoire, Université Côte d'Azur / Département de l'Enseignement Supérieur, Collège Sévigné
	Maria Alessia Rossi, Index of Medieval Art, Princeton University
Moderator/Chair	Livia Lupi, Department of the History of Art, University of Warwick
Paper 312-a	Meta-Paintings in Italy and Byzantium Compared (Language: English) Hans Bloemsma, Department of Art History / University College Roosevelt, Universiteit Utrecht Index Terms: Art History - General; Byzantine Studies
Paper 312-b	Meta-Paintings and Their Viewers: Performing Devotion through Time and Space (Language: English) Giulia Puma, Département d'Histoire, Université Côte d'Azur / Département de l'Enseignement Supérieur, Collège Sévigné Maria Alessia Rossi, Index of Medieval Art, Princeton University Index Terms: Art History - Painting; Liturgy; Religious Life; Social History
Abstract	This second session, dedicated to meta-images and their borders, focuses on the continuous production of images-within-images in Byzantine and Italian paintings through the medieval period. Speakers will reflect on the timeless message these images convey and their ability to move beyond perceptible realities and to connect the viewer to a supernatural realm. Topics will include the imago clipeata from the 6th century onwards as a tool of abstraction from the surrounding space in monumental decorations, metaimages as copies or 'visual quotations' between Byzantium and Italy, and 14th-century metapaintings as reflections of contemporary devotion, and the active role of the late medieval viewer.