I Seminar on the ancient and medieval cult image. Iconotropy is a word of Greek origin that literally means “movement/change of the image”. According to William J. Hamblin (2007), iconotropy is the cultural phenomenon whereby there is an “accidental or deliberate misinterpretation by one culture of the images or myths of another, especially to bring them into accord with the first culture”. Thus, both in the classical culture of antiquity and in medieval culture, we can identify numerous testimonies of how – on a symbolic and material level – cult images were involved in processes of misinterpretation produced by another culture. The international seminar “Iconotropy: symbolic and material alterations of the ancient and medieval cult image” aims to revitalise studies on the ancient and medieval cult image based on the concept of “iconotropy” (movement/change of the image), and to show researchers and students how the subject can still be approached from a multidisciplinary and innovative perspective that allows common denominators to be reached in defining the symbolic and material changes of these images in different chronologies, epochs and mentalities.

Collection: Multimedia

Project: 10. Churches and religions in Europe.

Chronology: -

Scope: Secondary Education

Link: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSTkYuU6iPdlb1q8Sj9QvVHecd7I5MZoy

Resource type: Playlist on youtube

Format: Multimedia

Owner: Arqueological National Museum of Spain (MAN) (Modernalia)

Abstract: I Seminar on the ancient and medieval cult image. Iconotropy is a word of Greek origin that literally means "movement/change of the image". According to William J. Hamblin (2007), iconotropy is the cultural phenomenon whereby there is an "accidental or deliberate misinterpretation by one culture of the images or myths of another, especially to bring them into accord with the first culture". Thus, both in the classical culture of antiquity and in medieval culture, we can identify numerous testimonies of how - on a symbolic and material level - cult images were involved in processes of misinterpretation produced by another culture. The international seminar "Iconotropy: symbolic and material alterations of the ancient and medieval cult image" aims to revitalise studies on the ancient and medieval cult image based on the concept of "iconotropy" (movement/change of the image), and to show researchers and students how the subject can still be approached from a multidisciplinary and innovative perspective that allows common denominators to be reached in defining the symbolic and material changes of these images in different chronologies, epochs and mentalities.

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