CFP: ‘Medieval Images of the Virgin: Materialities, Environments, Ecologies’, University of Bamberg, deadline 15 March 2025

University of Bamberg, Institute for Archaeological Sciences, Heritage Sciences and History of Art, Chair of Medieval Art History, 22–23 May 2025 Medieval images of the Virgin do not exist in isolation, but as part of living, constantly changing environments. They interact with human and non-human actors. And, most importantly, they possess a specific materiality that deepens their message as artefacts, but can also be in tension with it, complicate it or even call it into question. A centra...