Nature in the aesthetics of the Chartres school
Oleg Voskoboynikov, École des Hautes Études économiques, Moscou, EHESS, Paris Nature in the aesthetics of the Chartres school. The role of the Chartres scholars in the revival of the natural sciences in the first half of the twelfth century is well known. Their re-reading of a number of ancient texts, including the Timaeus and the…
Sanctifying the world
Jean-Claude Bonne, École des Hautes Études en Sciences sociales Opening conference: Sanctifying the world. I. Romanesque art and the question of the relationship between the sensitive and the spiritual in creation “Man, art and nature” are not universal and unambiguous categories that can be associated with self-evident realities. When we think of “Nature” – a…