(Français) Quelques remarques sur le refus de la réplication de la nature à l’époque romane
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(Français) Saint-Guilhem, la maîtrise du lieu sauvage
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(Français) « Sa forme et sa couleur signalaient chaque chose » la perception médiévale de la nature représentée dans l’art roman
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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…
(Français) Autour de l’articulation entre nature et spiritualité chez Bernard de Clairvaux et Guillaume de Saint-Thierry
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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…
(Français) Journée-découverte du Monestir de Santa Maria de l’Estany
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Astronomy, a royal art in the princely Mediterranean courts at the end of the Romanesque period
Vinni Lucherini, Università di Napoli Federico II In Late Romanesque Europe, while the literary and philosophical expressions of what is known as the “12th century Renaissance” were developing, images of the signs of the astrological zodiac (which had already flourished in the Carolingian period) invaded the mosaic pavements of churches, and also appeared sculpted in portals and on capitals,…
Romanesque diagrams and Gothic patterns
Thomas Le Gouge, Université de Paris Panthéon-Sorbonne The translation of numerous philosophical and scientific texts from Arabic into Latin during the 12th century brought about a profound change in the way the universe was represented. Astronomy was no longer dominated by the figures of Plato and Boethius, in whom the geometry of celestial movements was…
The sculpted astrolabes of the Portail Royal: study and teaching of astronomy in Chartres in the 12th century
Emma Claverie, Ecole nationale des Chartes Four astrolabes appear in the archways framing the tympanum of the central bay of the Royal Portal of Chartres Cathedral. Carried by the angels of the Apocalypse placed around Christ in majesty, their presence raises questions about the relationship that the intellectuals of Chartres had with this object, and…