Jewels of the Middle Ages: Piety, Power and Sensuality

Live Online Talk

BY REGISTRATION ONLY

— This online conversation will be broadcast live from the Morgan Library & Museum in New York for the French session and from the headquarters of Villa Albertine in New York for the English sessions.

For nearly a thousand years, the Middle Ages dominated the history of the arts with its soaring cathedrals.

However, the jewel, as small and fragile as it may be, is omnipresent in medieval society. Like the pearl, both a symbol of piety and sensuality, jewelry shows the complexity of a society long defined uniquely by its religious character. From heraldic symbols to small portable reliquaries, from wedding rings to princely ornaments, jewelry speaks a varied and subtle language which we propose to decipher together.

With Inezita Gay-Eckel, Jewelry Historian and Teacher at L’ÉCOLE, School of Jewelry Arts
& Paul Paradis, Art Historian, Decorative Arts and Jewelry Specialist, Teacher at L’ÉCOLE, School of Jewelry Arts

Four time slots are available :

Thursday, February 17th at 01:00 pm (NY time),
in French

Thursday, February 17th at 06:00 pm (NY time), In-Person & Live Online talk
in English

Friday, February 18th at 09:00 am (NY time),
in English with simultaneous interpretation available in Cantonese, Mandarin, and Japanese

Friday, February 18th at 01:00 pm (NY time),
in English