Dorota Zaprzalska (Forsyth Fellow, Hist. Art) will present her paper "Images within Images: Exploring Composite Icons of Georgia":

"The talk is related to the topic of my doctoral dissertation, which focuses on so-called "composite icons" - icons consisting of two separate panels, usually from different periods, connected by the insertion of a smaller icon into a larger one. It presents some preliminary results of my recent research on a group of such icons in Georgian museums and churches that is largely unknown to the wider academic community. Dating mostly from the 13th century, the Georgian composite icons are among the oldest icons of this type and share some distinctive features. Particular attention will be paid to examples of a triptych form with movable wings that allow the embedded icon to be hidden or revealed. My paper will explore this unusual form and the internal diversity of the phenomenon of composite icons."