Art and the Civilizing Process, 1200–1520
Friday, February 16, 2:30 PM–5:00 PM
Sutton Parlor North, 2nd Floor, Hilton New York
Chairs: Jacqueline E. Jung, Yale University; Mitchell B. Merback, DePauw University
Introduction: Norbert Elias, the Civilizing Process, and Art History
Mitchell B. Merback, DePauw University
Rogier van der Weyden’s Portraits of the Civilized Individual
Jessica Buskirk, University of California, Berkeley
The Spectacle of Sociability: The Loggia as Theater of Urbanitas
Kim S. Sexton, University of Arkansas
Civilizing Sex? Erotic Genre Painting in North Italy, c. 1520
Chriscinda Henry, University of Chicago
Lost in Self-Control? Urs Graf’s Images of Masculinity
Maike Christadler, Universität Basel
Response: Medieval Art and the Civilizing Process
Jacqueline E. Jung, Yale University