Open AccessPerceiving Matter. Visual, Material and Sensual Communication – an Introduction
Author(s) -
Kaja Kollandsrud,
Bente Kiilerich
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
clara
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2464-3726
DOI - 10.5617/clara.v5i0.7980
Subject(s) - timeline , polychrome , middle ages , context (archaeology) , visual arts , visual culture , period (music) , art , subject matter , history , aesthetics , art history , ancient history , archaeology , sociology , pedagogy , curriculum
A consistent line of thinking about matter, colour and form continued into the Middle Ages from the Classical period. Our present views on the Classical and medieval works of art are coloured by how they have been perceived throughout their timeline. Therefore, it is fruitful to discuss polychromy in a broader historical context. The idea for this special issue came about when researchers specializing in ancient and medieval polychromy met for the first time at the seminar Perceiving matter. Visual, material and sensual communication from Antiquity to the Middle Ages and Beyond, held at the Museum of Cultural History, 5 April 2019 under the auspices of the Polychrome Art History Research Group. Marina Prusac Lindhagen initiated the seminar and invited Kaja Kollandsrud to co-organise the event.