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Gothic architecture in Spain or the Spanish kingdoms has traditionally been assessed in terms of its imitation of French and Netherlandish architecture, dismissed for its ‘old-fashioned’ or provincial quality, and condemned for its passive receptivity to ‘Islamic influence’. But did imitation really triumph over invention in the architecture of medieval Iberia? Are the two incompatible? Can inventio and imitatio offer useful or valid analytical tools for understanding gothic architecture? And to what extent are invention or imitation determined by patrons, architects, materials or technologies? In this one-day symposium scholars examine gothic architecture from across Iberia from the twelfth to the sixteenth century. The symposium concludes the 2014-17 Coll & Cortés Medieval Spain series on gothic architecture.

Programme

10-10.30:ÌýRegistration

10.30-10.45: Welcome

Tom Nickson, Courtauld Institute of Art

Chair: Paul Binski, University of Cambridge

10.45-11.15:ÌýFrom Compostela’s ecstatic glory to Ourense’s agonic paradise

Rocío Sánchez Ameijeiras, UniversityÌýof Santiago de Compostela

11.15-11.45:ÌýMarks of magnificence? The role of ornament in Spanish Gothic Architecture

Henrik Karge, Technical University, Dresden

11.45-12.15: InventioÌýin Majorcan Gothic Architecture c. 1300: James II and Raymond Llull

Javier Martínez de Aguirre, Universidad Complutense de Madrid

12.15-12.45:ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Discussion

12.45-2:ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Lunch (provided for speakers/chairs)

Chair: Nicola Jennings, Courtauld Institute of Art

2.00-2.30:ÌýArchitecture and aesthetic practices in fourteenth-century Castile

Elena Paulino Montero, Kunsthistorisches Institute, Florence

2.30-3.00: Patterns of intention: Royal chapels in the Crown of Aragon (14th-15th centuries)

Amadeo Serra Desfilis, Universitat de València

3.00-3.30:ÌýNew functions, new typologies: Inventio in Valladolid’s College of San Gregorio

Diana Olivares Martínez, Universidad Complutense de Madrid

3.30-4.00:ÌýDiscussion

4-4.30:ÌýTea/coffee (provided)

Chair: Tom Nickson, Courtauld Institute of Art

4.30-5.00:ÌýFrom royal pantheon to parish church: The monastic church of San Juan de los Reyes as model for San Andrés, Toledo

Costanza Beltrami, Courtauld Institute of Art

5-5.30:ÌýHallenkirchenÌýand Spanish Gothic architecture: Architectural imitation and historiographic invention

Begoña Alonso, University of Cantabria

5.30-6.00:ÌýClosing discussion

6.00: Reception