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Meeting Program Units

2012 Annual Meeting

Chicago, IL

Meeting Begins11/16/2012
Meeting Ends11/20/2012

Call for Papers Opens: 2/8/2012
Call for Papers Closes: 3/7/2012

Requirements for Participation

Art and Religions of Antiquity


Program Unit Type: Section
Accepting Papers? Yes

Call For Papers: The Art and Religions in Antiquity program unit is sponsoring three sessions at the 2012 annual meeting. We are accepting paper proposals for all three. Session 1: "Images and their Opposites/Opponents: Aniconism in Ancient Art": We seek papers that explore the controversies that surround iconic representation in any time period and in any tradition from antiquity. What points of tension are visible in art from the ancient world? Can there be an aniconic art? We will privilege papers that deal with visual and material evidence directly. Session 2: "Apotheosis, Ascension, Resurrection": We are looking for papers that focus on the depiction of the withdrawal of divine beings to other places. How are absence and presence depicted in ancient art? What questions do such depictions pose for the nature of humanity and divinity? Session 3: "Open Session: Art and Religions in Antiquity." We welcome paper proposals on the art and material culture of any ancient religious tradition and especially encourage papers that address the use of art and material culture in service of religion.

Program Unit Chairs

Jacob A. Latham
Zsuzsanna Gulacsi

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