Sara Carreño

Sara Carreño
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  • PhD
  • Assistant Professor at University of Santiago de Compostela

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Introduction
BA in Art History (USC, 2013), MA in European Medieval Studies (USC, 2014), and PhD in Medieval Studies (USC, 2020). Ph.D. Fellow at the Department of Art History (USC)(2016-2019). Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Department of Cultural Heritage (UNIPD) for the ERC project "SenSArt - The Sensuous Appeal of the Holy. Sensory Agency of Sacred Art and Somatised Spiritual Experiences in Medieval Europe (12th-15th century)" (2021-2023).
Current institution
University of Santiago de Compostela
Current position
  • Assistant Professor
Additional affiliations
September 2021 - August 2023
University of Padua
Position
  • Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Description
  • Postdoctoral fellow within the ERC project "SenSArt - The Sensuous Appeal of the Holy. Sensory Agency of Sacred Art and Somatised Spiritual Experiences in Medieval Europe (12th-15th century)", PI: Zuleika Murat.
November 2019 - November 2020
University of Santiago de Compostela
Position
  • R&D Promoter
Description
  • Programa Estatal de Promoción del Talento y su Empleabilidad en I+D+i - Subprograma de Incorporación (Agencia Estatal de Investigación, 2019)
June 2016 - June 2019
University of Santiago de Compostela
Position
  • Research and Teaching Assistant
Description
  • Ph.D Fellowship - Xunta de Galicia (2016)
Education
October 2014 - October 2019
University of Santiago de Compostela
Field of study
  • History of Art
September 2013 - July 2014
University of Santiago de Compostela
Field of study
  • Medieval Studies
October 2008 - June 2013
University of Santiago de Compostela
Field of study
  • History of Art

Publications

Publications (31)
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In this paper, I examine the ideas regarding image reception that can be extracted from the De altera uita, a theological treatise written by the Iberian bishop Lucas de Tui in ca. 1230. In this book, he devotes one chapter to rejecting the changes that were taking place at the time in the image of the Crucifixion, especially concerning the variati...
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This paper studies the medieval sculpture of Christ crucified known as Santo Cristo kept in the cathedral of San Martiño de Ourense in the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula. Firstly the analysis will focus on the impact this image has had over the centuries on the sacred topography and spatial configuration of this cathedral, including changes in...
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The next Special Issue of the journal Miradas. Journal for the Arts and Culture of the Americas and the Iberian Peninsula (Autumn 2025), published by the University of Heidelberg, will focus on the analysis of the experience and reception of images, objects, and spaces in the territories of the Iberian Peninsula and the Americas. Editors of the Sp...
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This paper analyses the works of Alfonso Daniel Manuel Rodríguez Castelao (d. 1950) from the lens of art historiography, to show how Galician art historical contributions from the beginning of the twentieth century connected art and artistic styles from the past with identity significations. My discussion is mainly based on the discourse analysis o...
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The third seminar of the cycle, “SenSArt Seminars on Medieval Art, Religion and Culture”, will feature specialists’ presentations on the medieval altar and its environment, approaching the subject both from a broader perspective that draws a comparative analysis of different European regions, to a more focused case-study from the Crown of Castile....
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This paper draws an itinerary through the different medieval pieces preserved in Galicia in which the image of the crucified Christ is depicted. Given the enormous heterogeneity of the pieces, this study is devoted to making an inventory exclusively of works produced in stone and wood. It provides a typological classification of these artworks and...
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The first conference of the series “Experiencing the Sacred”, established by the SenSArt ERC project, aims to develop the topic further by triangulating the liturgy (broadly intended), the experience of the faithful (understood both as an individual and as social groups) and the sensoria (i.e. the diverse sensory systems that existed in the Middle...
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New readings demonstrate the centrality of the rood to the visual, material and devotional cultures of the Middle Ages, its richness and complexity.
Research
Research project funded by the Provincial Deputation of A Coruña (Deputación Provincial de A Coruña, Research Scholarship for Art and Humanities 2015).

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