11:30
Birkbeck
November 6
Birkbeck 43 Gordon Square
In this workshop I will explore medieval Armenian (12th-14th century) ideas of landscape, art and architecture through an ecocritical lens, thinking about the links between landscape, architecture, objects, and the imaged situatedness of humans within moral and natural worlds. Thinking about monastic architecture and reliquary objects as well as textual narratives of conversion and miracle, the talk will reflect on the possibilities of these aesthetic realms for informing a cultural imaginary of wilderness both particular to medieval Armenia and at the same time shared across the wider medieval world.