Divine Senses: Exploring Sensorial Experiences in Religious Contexts throughout the Premodern Iberian World
Symposium
Jaume Serra (Spanish, 1358–1395), The Virgin of Tobed with the Donors Henry II of Castile, his Wife Juana Manuel, and two of their Children, Juan and Juana(?), 1359–1362, tempera on panel, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, (P008117), © Photographic Archive, Museo Nacional del Prado.
This SIGA-sponsored panel at the 2025 Annual Conference of the College Art Association seeks to explore how senses other than sight contributed to religious devotion in the premodern Iberian world.
The “sensory turn” in art history, as it has sometimes been referred to, acknowledges the importance of senses other than vision in experiencing art.
Co-chaired by Hannah Maryan Thomson and Teresa Martínez Martínez, this Society for Iberian Global Art-sponsored panel for the College Art Association’s (CAA) 113th Annual Conference features presentations by JoAnna Reyes Reyes, Cristina Aldrich, Laura McCloskey Wolfe, and Emi Higashiyama that look beyond vision as the primary conduit for experiencing the holy.