Appel à contribution : “Mobilizing the Sacred – Movement, Meaning, and Ritual Performance of Cult Images in Early Modern Italy”, RSA, date limite le 27 juillet 2025
Type : Paper Panel Session Abstract (Max. 300 words) : Often reframed in altars, chapels, or tabernacles or made the cultic centers of newly built churches, cult images participated in visual and spatial performances that affirmed their spiritual efficacy during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The ritual movement of images – prompted by liturgical, votive, penitential, or celebratory motives – could animate city streets, church interiors, and other liminal spaces. Whether physically carried in processions...



