IHSHG Podcast

Painting Heaven and Hell in the Wake of PlagueMural painting in Navarrese parish churches after 1348

Eneko is an early career scholar in the University of the Basque Country, department of Art History. He did my Ph.D. in a cotutel program between the University of Nevada and the University of the Basque Country. His dissertation titled, ‘Painting Heaven and Hell in the Wake of the Plague. A contribution to the Study of Parish Church Wall Paintings in the Kingdom of Navarre between 1348 and 1387’, deals with the art of mural painting done inside parish churches in the rural area of Navarre during the second half of the 14th century, from an interdisciplinary perspective. He gathered, a detailed local historical context, patronage of local elites and craft by painters, material used in the murals, as well as iconographic programs. Now he is expanding my research towards the general scenario of painting in this period of havoc.