The Art of Affective Piety in the East: Rethinking Origins and Effects

Schedule

Mon Apr 01 2024 at 04:00 pm

Location

Hagerty Hall | Columbus, OH

NOTE THE CHANGE OF DATE TO APRIL 1.
Psychosomatic devotion to the Crucifixion— “affective piety”—has long been upheld as one of the most compelling “inventions” of medieval Christianity. Unsurprisingly, twentieth-century scholars focused on affective piety as a medieval phenomenon legitimizing Western Europe as a place in which “compassion” became mediated by poetry and works of art. A rich assortment of objects and texts survive, however, from far earlier in Jerusalem, Egypt and Constantinople aiding the similar cultivation of spiritual wounding. Accounting for how these objects allowed for fear and grief to be cultivated in relation to the Passion—as well as their broader relationship to monasticism and pilgrimage—will be the topic of this talk with Dr. Ravi Binning. This evidence shows that the origins of affective piety is far earlier than even Byzantinists recognize.
This event is free and open to the public. In 198 Hagerty Hall. For more information, go to the event website: https://cmrs.osu.edu/events/art-affective-piety-east-rethinking-origins-and-effects

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Hagerty Hall, 1775 S College Rd, Columbus, OH 43210-1340, United States,Columbus, Ohio

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