Conférence : Alice Bovey, « The House of Mirth: the ethics of laughter and ridiculous Gothic art », Londres, The Courtauld, 26 mars 2024

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7 mars 2024

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Medieval art frequently juxtaposes sacred texts and spaces with witty, satirical, silly, and sometimes arrestingly crude images.  Nuns dance barefoot, fox-bishops preach to their prey, and disembodied bottoms trumpet in stained glass, sculpture, and the margins of books that contain scripture, prayers, and liturgy. From the time that they were made, such images have provoked amusement and bemusement, ire and iconoclasm. They have found new admirers in the instagram age, harp-playing donkeys ...

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