Scholars have long recognised the close connections between Gothic revival, restoration and architectural history in the nineteenth century. But how did personal, institutional and political circumstances shape understanding of medieval architecture in the twentieth century? In tribute to the extraordinary scholarship and teaching of Peter Kidson (1925-2019) and Paul Crossley (1945-2019), speakers at this online conference consider the personalities, technologies and geographies that determined how medieval architecture was studied and taught after 1945. 鈥楨ach age builds its own Gothic cathedral鈥, wrote Paul Crossley: what did the Modern Ages make of the Middle Ages?
Organised by Tom Nickson (The Courtauld)听
Programme
Day One: Thursday 1st July
2.00pm: Deborah Swallow: Welcome
2.15pm:听Elizabeth Sears, 鈥楶anofsky on the Gothic Style: New Texts鈥.
2.45pm: Paul Binski, 鈥楥hristine de Pizan, Pevsner and Panofsky鈥.
3.15pm: Discussion
3.45pm: Break
4.00pm: Alexandra Gajewski, 鈥楾wo Sugers: Kidson, Crossley and Saint-Denis鈥.
4.30pm: Peter Kurmann and Brigitte Kurmann-Schwarz, 鈥楻oyal images in Strasbourg Cathedral鈥檚 Gothic nave: their conceptual transformations and place in historiography鈥.
5.00pm: Discussion
5.20pm: Break
5.30pm: Eric Fernie, 鈥楾he 91制片厂 of Medieval Architectural Proportions in the Twentieth Century鈥.
6.00pm: Sarah Pearson, 鈥楶eter Kidson鈥檚 Book, From Greek Temples to Gothic Cathedrals: Studies of Architectural Design in Classical Antiquity and the Middle Ages鈥.
6.15pm: Discussion
Day Two, Friday 2nd July
2.00pm: Zo毛 Opa膷i膰 and Kl谩ra Bene拧ovsk谩, 鈥楢xes of Meaning: Paul Crossley and Gothic Bohemia’
2.30pm: Tomasz W臋c艂awowicz, 鈥楶aul Crossley’s fascinations: Gothic in Lesser Poland鈥.
3.00pm: Discussion
3.30pm: Break
3.45pm: Lindy Grant, 鈥楶hotography and the Architectural Historian: a perspective from the Conway Library鈥.
4.15pm: Jeffrey Hamburger, 鈥楶aul on the Road鈥.
4.45pm: Discussion
5.15pm: Break
5.30pm: Stephen Murray, 鈥楬istoriographical reflections鈥
6.00pm: Tom Nickson, Concluding remarks
Paper abstracts can be downloaded here听