CONF: Owning Gothic Ivories: Buying, Giving, Circulating (British Museum / V&A London – 26/26 Oct 2024)
Over the last three decades, research on Gothic ivories has seen a significant shift from studies concerned with stylistic attribution and classification towards the investigation of their materiality, iconography, function, and – last…
CFP: Gothic Ivories between Luxury and Crisis (University of Bern, 27-28 Oct 2022)
Despite military and pandemic crises, ivory carvings as luxury goods experienced a boom in the 13th and especially 14th centuries. This apparent contradiction raises questions about the value and significance of these objects…