forschungsbericht november 2008 – juli 2012 - Kunsthistorisches ...

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erkenntnisleitenden Funktion bildlicher Strukturen im April 2011 Gelegenheit, die epistemische
Wirkweise frühneuzeitlicher Bilder ausgehend von ihren formalen und strukturellen
Eigenschaften zu erkunden. Die Dissertation wurde im Dezember 2011 fertiggestellt und an
der Freien Universität Berlin eingereicht
Artistic and Cultural Exchanges in Late Medieval Spain.
The Example of the Architectural Patronage of the Velasco Family
Elena Paulino Montero | Art, Space and Mobility
Medina de Pomar, Stuccoes, Madrid,
Velasco’s palace
The Velasco family gained power in
Castilia between the fourteenth and
fifteenth centuries. The family has often
been presented as a main sponsor
of the so-called Late Gothic Style. However,
a careful analysis of the family's
architectural patronage reveals a more
eclectic approach. Far from featuring
northern European details only, their buildings are profused with Islamicate motifs, which
were then mostly employed by the royal family. A first goal of this study is then to reveal the
political dimensions of such appropriations. Thanks to architecture, the Velascos reinforced
their social and political position while playing an important role in the development of Castilian
artistic taste. Perfectly aware of the trends in architecture they showed refinement in their
artistic choices and sources. Studying the buildings sponsored by one family only, moreover,
is a methodological challenge. Moving away from the rigid stylistic and geographical categorizations
of traditional historiography, the research project will contribute to the construction
of a more fluid and thus complete perspective of the artistic scene of Late Medieval Castile.
Actively Seeking Consumers: Everyday Objects of Islamic Art in their
Social-Historical Context
Amanda Phillips | Connecting Art Histories in the Museum
The Ottoman robe-of-honour given to
the envoy of Friedrich the Great 1762,
Berlin, Museum für Islamisches Kunst
The project is centered on the early modern Ottoman Empire,
and the consumption of luxury goods like silk and porcelain,
with a specific emphasis on the domestic sphere. Many luxury
goods are defined as ›fine art‹ by contemporary scholarship,
and are housed in museums in Europe, North America and
the Middle East. Using estate inventories from Istanbul and
other cities, the project has reconstructed the types and quantities
of objects in the homes of wealthy residents in several
neighbourhoods between 1600 and 1750. Some categories of
goods were widespread, such as incense burners and decorated
felts, while some objects were exceptional, like a piece of
the Ka'aba cover or a preserved elephant ear. In the same vein,
the research has also helped to clarify the notions of foreign
and ›domestic‹ in the Ottoman sphere.
Bilder für Bilder. Ein gedrucktes Vorlagenbuch aus Venedig, bekannt als
Tarock-Karten des Mantegna
Susanne Pollack
Die Arbeit ist einer insgesamt 50 Blätter umfassenden Kupferstichserie aus dem Quattrocento
gewidmet, deren Rezeptionsgeschichte sowohl in qualitativer als auch in quantitativer
Hinsicht beachtlich ist. Besonderes Augenmerk wird auf den primären Status der Bilder als