The Summer School "Crossing the past" aims for a discussion about different (national art historical narratives of a specific late medieval corpus in Moravia. It provides the opportunity for young international scholars to meet the material reality of one of the most important medieval centers of the transalpine Europe, often marginalized in research, not only due to the linguistic barrier. The goal of the school is a close and direct examination of the on-site monuments and art objects, and secondly, a critical reflection about the diverse narratives and meta-narratives existing about these monuments.

3 – 9 October 2016

Argument

The Summer School “Crossing the past” aims for a discussion about different (national art historical narratives of a specific late medieval corpus in Moravia. It provides the opportunity for young international scholars to meet the material reality of one of the most important medieval centers of the transalpine Europe, often marginalized in research, not only due to the linguistic barrier. The goal of the school is a close and direct examination of the on-site monuments and art objects, and secondly, a critical reflection about the diverse narratives and meta-narratives existing about these monuments. The Summer School will be therefore composed of two main parts. During the first one, held in situ, groups composed of two scholars with various backgrounds and linguistic competences will be invited to present key monuments and objects of the two cities. In a second part, the same group will present the monuments again, focusing on the purely historiographical dimension, highlighting different “mono-cultural” positions. Every candidate will be invited to present a monument or certain urban, architectural or art historical aspect of one of the two chosen cities, from the list below. For the application it will be necessary to prove a primary knowledge and understanding of the subject, as well as a particular attention to its historiographical dimension. The aim is to create a space of exchange and of a new dialogue, based precisely on the different positions.

List of monuments

City of Olomouc

• Town hall of Olomouc, 13th—16th Centuries (Radnice 13—16. stol.)
• Church of Saint Maurice, 14th—15th Centuries in Olomouc (Farní kostel sv. Mořice,14—15. stol.)
• Rajhrad Altarpiece, first half of the 15th Century (Oltářní obrazy Olomouckého[Rajhradského] oltáře, před pol. 15. stol)
• Mount of Olives — sculptural group, second half of the 15th Century in Olomouc (Olivetská hora — sousoší, po pol. 15. stol.)
• The frescoes of the Cloister of the OlomoucCathedral, after 1500… (Cyklus nástěnných maleb v ambitu olomoucké katedrály, po 1500...)

City of Brno

• Anton Pilgram in Brno
• The Pieta from the church of Saint Thomas in Brno, 14th century (Pieta z Kostela Svatého Tomáše, 14. stol.)
• The Column of Zderad in Brno, 15th Century (Zderadův Sloup v Brne, 15. stol.)
• he Church of Old Brno, 14th century (Staré Brno, 14. stol)

Guidelines submission

For further indications, consult the pdf accompagnying this announcement.

Applications accompanied by a short CV can be submitted

until 12 March 2016

to: palladino.adrien@gmail.com

Organizers

• Ivan Foletti, Masaryk University, Brno; University of Lausanne
• Ondřej Jakubec, Masaryk University of Brno
• Klaus Krüger, Freie Universität, Berlin
• Tanja Michalsky, Bibliotheca Hertziana, Max-Planck-Institut für Kunstgeschichte, Rome.