Meg Bernstein
Alfred University, Art History, Faculty Member
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- Meg Bernstein is Assistant Professor of Art History at the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University. H... moreMeg Bernstein is Assistant Professor of Art History at the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University. Her research focuses on the architecture, sculpture, and spaces in medieval Europe and its echoes. She is especially interested in materiality, haptic perceptions, transhistorical approaches, and the digital humanities.edit
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A Bishop of Two Peoples: William of St. Calais and the Hybridization of Architecture in Eleventh-Century Durham complicates the study of Durham Cathedral by considering it in the context of the Norman Chapel in the bishop’s palace,... more
A Bishop of Two Peoples: William of St. Calais and the Hybridization of Architecture in Eleventh-Century Durham complicates the study of Durham Cathedral by considering it in the context of the Norman Chapel in the bishop’s palace, located adjacent to the cathedral. Both were commissioned by Bishop William of Saint Calais, the second Norman-appointed bishop of Durham. Meg Bernstein argues that the dramatically different formal styles of the two buildings reflect political choices the bishop made following the cultural conquest brought upon England in and after 1066. While the cathedral is recognizably hybrid, recalling Anglo-Saxon formal motifs applied to a Norman plan, the castle chapel is straight out of the milieu of the Duchy of Normandy. In particular, Bernstein argues that the stone capitals from the chapel were brought back from Normandy by the bishop. This article seeks to provide context to the cathedral where it has been lost, and draw conclusions about the chapel’s commission within the context of colonialism.
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CALL FOR PAPERS We are seeking participants for Thinking with Stone, an interdisciplinary, experimental roundtable exploring collaborative methods and conversational approaches to studying stone in the medieval period. We welcome five- to... more
CALL FOR PAPERS
We are seeking participants for Thinking with Stone, an interdisciplinary, experimental roundtable exploring collaborative methods and conversational approaches to studying stone in the medieval period. We welcome five- to ten-minute presentations on ideas for a work in progress on a stone object or structure, a particular methodological approach to stone, or new pedagogical ideas for engagement with stone. The session provides a forum for collaborative development of these projects in a way that looks outside traditional modes of single-authored expertise.
Thinking with Stone is Session III of a three-part series at IONA 2024 on Carving Collective Practice. Session I: Viewing Stone is a site visit and discursive workshop on early medieval stone sculpture, introducing questions about these multivalent and polyvocal monuments that will be further explored in Sessions II and III. Session II: Handling Stone is an immersive and interactive lab on the haptic qualities of stone. Used as we are to thinking about stone monuments as things not touched or moved, this hands-on lab focuses on the physical, material, and tactile properties of stone as a worked substance that was handled, carved, and subject to changes from weather and use.
Please include in the following Google form: your name, contact details, a short CV, and a 200-word max abstract & title of a project that you would like to share in a five-minute roundtable discussion in Session III. This should focus on your ideas for a work-in-progress, an object of focus, and your methodological approach to the stone object/architecture of your choice.
Any questions may be sent to Dr Jill Hamilton Clements at jclements@uab.edu.
https://forms.gle/gvqA1juADbjQajK39
We are seeking participants for Thinking with Stone, an interdisciplinary, experimental roundtable exploring collaborative methods and conversational approaches to studying stone in the medieval period. We welcome five- to ten-minute presentations on ideas for a work in progress on a stone object or structure, a particular methodological approach to stone, or new pedagogical ideas for engagement with stone. The session provides a forum for collaborative development of these projects in a way that looks outside traditional modes of single-authored expertise.
Thinking with Stone is Session III of a three-part series at IONA 2024 on Carving Collective Practice. Session I: Viewing Stone is a site visit and discursive workshop on early medieval stone sculpture, introducing questions about these multivalent and polyvocal monuments that will be further explored in Sessions II and III. Session II: Handling Stone is an immersive and interactive lab on the haptic qualities of stone. Used as we are to thinking about stone monuments as things not touched or moved, this hands-on lab focuses on the physical, material, and tactile properties of stone as a worked substance that was handled, carved, and subject to changes from weather and use.
Please include in the following Google form: your name, contact details, a short CV, and a 200-word max abstract & title of a project that you would like to share in a five-minute roundtable discussion in Session III. This should focus on your ideas for a work-in-progress, an object of focus, and your methodological approach to the stone object/architecture of your choice.
Any questions may be sent to Dr Jill Hamilton Clements at jclements@uab.edu.
https://forms.gle/gvqA1juADbjQajK39