But don’t take my word for it, see for yourself! Here is a link 🔗 academic.oup.com/arthistory/a...

This has consequences not just for Romanists, but also for art historians more broadly. Note, for example, Jess’s re-reading of a key image in Panofsky’s essay on perspective.

Jess compares ancient plaster to modern plastic. “More than a substance, plastic is the very idea of its infinite transformation … it is ubiquity made visible. And it is this, in fact, which makes it a miraculous substance: a miracle is always a sudden transformation of nature” (Barthes).

Here’s the link - edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-hagia-s...

Hope to see you there!

… & here is a link to the website of the Institut historique allemand, with all the details: www.dhi-paris.fr/fr/agenda-de...

The workshop is also on Zoom. Here’s the program in three screenshots …

Very doodly: