Paper short abstract:

What can the comparative study of 15th century tapestries and the proposals of the museums that exhibit them contribute to the examination of the ideas of renewal? How to reflect on the transformation of such concept regarding future expectations?, are some of the questions developed in the paper.

Paper long abstract:

Through a comparative study of masterpieces of the fifteenth century tapestry, namely, "The Unicorn Tapestries" and "Dame with Unicorn" and, of the reflection on the proposals of the museums exhibiting these tapestries, the aim of the paper is to explore the ideas of renewal present in each of these sets, with emphasis on those that can be detected from the examination of the limits, specificities and intersections between sacred and secular dimensions. From the examination of the exhibitions, activities and practices proposed by The Cloisters (New York) and the Musée Cluny (Paris), I will reflect on the transformations that the concept of renewal presents with regard to future expectations, considering -this concept- in relationship with renewal ideas examined in the focused tapestries.

The specific forms of sociability that distinguish each of said tapestries are examined in their interrelation with nature and the materials, objects and significant instruments, through the study of different planes. The examination of the horizontal and vertical directions of the "threads", on which, I will reflect based on elaboration by Tim Ingold (2007) will deserve special attention in the analysis of the tapestries.

Considering the relevance of the senses and, that of the logic that underlies said ordering in the Middle Ages (Taburet Delahaye 2010) methodologically the study of the senses will contribute to the detection of sacred and secular dimensions. The conceptualizations of Fabian (1983) on sacred time and secular time as well as those related to transformations processes, will be considered in said analysis.