Prof. Veronique Plesch (Colby College, USA),”From the Scaffoldings to the Page of a French 15th-Century Manuscript”
Around 1460, Jean Fouquet, one of the most important French artists of his time, painted a depiction of the Martyrdom of St. Apollonia for the Book of Hours of Étienne Chevalier. No study of French medieval theatre seems to be able to avoid reproducing Fouquet’s illumination, for it is one of the very rare renditions of the stage of a mystère. Despite abundant scholarship on this image, questions remain: what exactly does it depict? Why did Fouquet choose to represent the martyrdom of a saint as if taking place on the stage? The talk will take place at 5.30 on Thursday 16 April in Dalhousie LT1:
