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Indifferent Things? Material and Ceremonial Church Practices in the 16th and 17th Centuries in the Baltic Sea Region A conference in the series of the Homburger Gespräche (Böckler-Mare-Balticum-Stiftung) and the fifth conference in honour of Prof. Sten Karling (1906–1987) 14–16 September 2017 Niguliste Museum, Art Museum of Estonia (St Nicholas’ Church, Niguliste St. 3, Tallinn, Estonia) Icon worship, the Catholic Church’s love of luxury, the grandeur of ceremonies and vestments, and the sale of indulgences were among the most significant criticisms expressed by the Reformation movement. It was, however, only in 1548 that a more serious dispute over adiaphora, or Mitteldinge, started in the Holy Roman Empire of the German nation; the attitude of the evangelical church towards “indifferent things” was ultimately formulated in the Konkordiaformel in 1570. Confessional and institutional regulations often differed substantially from the actual practices of congregations. Naturally, the two were interdependent, and it seems, therefore, productive to study the material and art history of the Lutheran Church of the early modern period through the relationship and mutual effects of the norms and their executors: pastors, members of congregation, artists etc. At the same time, the secular world, though seemingly outside the ecclesiastical life and practices, cannot be overlooked, together with its connections to power and money. We will, therefore, proceed from the view that in order to comprehend the Lutheran Church of the early modern period, it must be studied as a complex phenomenon, influenced by a number of factors, including material objects. Also, we are interested in whether “regional practices” existed, and will, therefore, focus on a particular historical area, the evangelical territories of the Baltic Sea region. The working language of the conference is English. Conference Committee: Prof. Krista Kodres, Estonian Academy of Arts Dr. Anu Mänd, Tallinn University Merike Kurisoo, Art Museum of Estonia Prof. Gerhard Weilandt, Universität Greifswald Dr. Janis Kreslins, National Library of Sweden In co-operation with the: Böckler-Mare-Balticum-Stiftung Art Museum of Estonia – Niguliste Museum Estonian Academy of Arts – Institute of Art History and Visual Culture Tallinn University – Institute of History, Archaeology and Art History PROGRAMME THURSDAY, 14 September 17.00 Andrew Spicer (Oxford Brookes University) Adiaphora, Reformation and the Material Culture of Worship 18.00 Exhibition opening “Five forgotten paintings” (Niguliste Museum) FRIDAY, 15 September 9.15–9.30 Opening Krista Kodres (Estonian Academy of Arts) 9.30–11.00 Gerhard Weilandt (University of Greifswald) Destroy them! Reuse them? – How to deal with images of the old faith in the era of the Reformation in northern Germany. Anu Mänd (Tallinn University) Combining the Old and the New: Changes in the Tallinn Parish Churches from c. 1525 to c. 1550 11.00–11.30 Coffee break 11.30–13.00 Elina Räsanen (University of Helsinki) Iconoclashes in Finland: Catholic Altarpieces in Transformation Ulrike Nürnberger (Böckler-Mare-Balticum-Stiftung) Modifying History – Remodelled Altarpieces in the Duchy of Schleswig 13.00–14.00 Lunch 14.00–15.30 Hanna Pirinen (University of Jyväskylä) Donations as a Political and Religious Act Marcin Wisocki (University of Wroclaw) Visualising a way to heaven. Remarks on emblematic programmes in Lutheran churches in Pomerania 15.30–16.00 Coffee break 16.00–17.30 Vija Strupule (Riga) The role of interior paintings in the Lutheran church indoor concept: the cathedral of Riga in the 16th–17th centuries. Herman Bengtsson (Upplandsmuseet, Sweden) Conflicting cults. Uppsala Cathedral and the Swedish Reformation 1527–1593 SATURDAY, 16 September 9.30–11.00 Merike Kurisoo (Art Museum of Estonia) Indifferent things or not? Tallinn´s Church Order from 1608 and objects in ritual practices Ojars Sparitis (Latvian Academy of Sciences) The practice of the Confession and the evolution of Confessionals in the interior of Courlandian Lutheran churches 11.00–11.30 Coffee break 11.30–13.00 Martin Wangsgaard Jürgensen (National Museum of Denmark) A meditation on the sinful man. Some thoughts on Lutheran devotional art illustrated through an example from 1586 Peter Gillgren (Stockholm University) The Tomb of Christ: Representation and Spectacle 13.00–14.00 Lunch 14.00–14.45 Piotr Birecki (University of Wroclaw) The Lutheran Church as a Space of Representation of Social Standing in Early Modern Ducal Prussia 14.45–15.00 Coffee break 15.00–16.00 Panel discussion Further information: http://nigulistemuuseum.ekm.ee/en/ Contact: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> +37255670250 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~