Circulation as a factor of cultural aggregation: relics, ideas and cities in the Middle Ages
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| Year of publication | 2014 |
| Type | Conference |
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| Description | The central topic of the international and interdisciplinary conference is the study of motion (the transfer of persons as well as objects such as reliquaries, books, altars, ivory diptychs) as a cultural factor. Attention will be paid to the objects produced and/or used in relation to the cult of relics and/or deads, as well as to the models of ideal or holy cities perceived as a realization of the kingdom of heaven. The conference aims to raise and assess a variety of questions related to: 1) how does the object change its function in connection with its relocation; 2) how do the important objects and ideas change the identity of the place that accepts them; 3) the impact that the ideas and sacred objects may have on the social and the spiritual topology of a city. |
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