Session 609
Metaimages, II: Beyond the Frame of the Enshrined Icon
Tuesday 7 July 2020: 11.15-12.45 

Organiser
Giulia Puma, Département d'Histoire, Université Côte d'AzurMaria
Alessia Rossi, Index of Medieval Art, Princeton University 

Moderator/Chair
Livia Lupi, Department of the History of Art, University of Warwick 

This second session, dedicated to metaimages 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.

Another Place, Another Time: The Imago Clipeata as Meta-Image in Byzantine Art
(Language: English)
Simone Piazza, Dipartimento di Filosofia e Beni Culturali, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia

Metapaintings in Italy and Byzantium Compared
(Language: English)
Hans Bloemsma, Department of Art History, University College Roosevelt

Metapaintings and Their Viewers: Performing Devotion through Time and Space
(Language: English)
Giulia Puma, Département d'Histoire, Université Côte d'Azur
Maria Alessia Rossi, Index of Medieval Art, Princeton University