RSA Virtual: Golden sheen contra lifelike colours: The intersection of medals and miniatures in 17th century Sweden

Beskrivning

Session Renaissance Medals and Exonumia
Medals are tactile, portable image vehicles aimed to be held, viewed, and shown, and these are aspects entirely familiar to miniatures too. Both art forms embody wealth and status, were used as gifts, personal mementoes and were appreciated collectables. However, the fact that they share many common features, both concerning use and visual execution, often remains unnoticed.
This paper will take a closer look at the interplay between medals and miniatures, and explore their similarities and differences, and discuss how these art forms influenced one another and existed side by side in early seventeenth-century Sweden. I will present examples of coloured medals, miniatures with a similar design as medals, and a gift exchange where both art forms were distributed. Eventually, the paper will examine the interaction between these image vehicles and demonstrates how visual trends could be transferred from one object category to another.

Period	2022 dec. 1
Evenemangstitel	RSA Virtual 2022 Renaissance Society of America
Typ av evenemang	Konferens
Omfattning	Internationell