MOBIA Receives Grant for Religious Art Conference
November 15th, 2007 by Menachem Wecker
The Museum of Biblical Art, New York, has received an $85,000 grant from the Henry Luce Foundation for “a two-day symposium and publication on medieval art.” The symposium, “Visualizing Medieval Realms of Faith Today,” is scheduled for May 30-31, 2008, co-sponsored with the Center for Religion and Culture at Fordham University.
Here’s a great blurb:
The conference will focus on the Middle Ages when, like today, politics were often driven by religion and religious conflicts. In the symposium, participants will see how past societies worked in regards to religion, and thus may be better able to recognize how such politics continue to work today. The chief aims of the symposium will include asking how medieval art resonates in the twenty-first century (what it teaches us about contemporary society and, conversely, how our contemporary views can uncover/rediscover essential elements of the Middle Ages). The interdisciplinary understanding of medieval art will open a window onto the past and offer a nuanced understanding of this complex society, war-torn and full of prejudices but also the source of timeless works of architecture, art and literature.
Dean Says
This sounds like a great event….can’t wait to go.
Nov 16th, 2007 at 6:16 am