Dragoș-Gheorghe Năstăsoiu

Research Fellow:Faculty of Humanities / Centre for Medieval Studies

Dragoș-Gheorghe Năstăsoiu has been at HSE since 2018.

Education and Degrees

2018
PhD
Central European University
2009
Master's in Medieval Studies
Central European University

Professional Interests

Political symbolism in Medieval Europe Medieval western culture and civilisation Medieval Political Thought medieval painting medieval miniature Medieval history medieval culture history of medieval art Art History Byzantine art hagiography hybridity

Projects

Iconography of Ritual Landscapes, Spaces, and Objects: Staging Royal Symbolic Behavior at the Hungarian Court from 1300 to 1500 (in Comparison with Bohemian and Polish Royal Ceremonies)

Publications¹⁶

Book Năstăsoiu D., Mihály F., Kiss L. Monumente Medievale de pe Valea Târnavelor. Bucharest : Editura ACS, 2018.
Article Dragoş Gh. Năstăsoiu. A Holy Bishop Among Holy Kings in the Frescoes of Mălâncrav (I) // Transylvanian Review. 2017. Vol. XXVI. No. 1 Spring. P. 90-104.
Article Dragoş Gh. Năstăsoiu. A Holy Bishop Among Holy Kings in the Frescoes of Mălâncrav (II) // Transylvanian Review. 2017. Vol. XXVI. No. 2 Summer. P. 94-110.
Article Dragoş Gh. Năstăsoiu, Adashinskaya A. New Information on the Dating of the Murals of St. Nicholas Church in Ribiţa: A Hypothesis // MuseIKON. A Journal of Religious Art and Culture/Revue d’Art et de Culture Religieuse. 2017. No. 1. P. 25-44.
Chapter Dragoş Gh. Năstăsoiu, Adashinskaya A. O ipoteză privind datarea picturilor murale ale bisericii Sf. Nicolae din Ribiţa în lumina unor informaţii noi, in: Cultură şi spiritualitate în comuna Ribiţa (jud. Hunedoara). 600 de ani de la atestarea bisericii “Sfântul Ierarh Nicolae” din Ribiţa (1417) şi 25 de ani de la reactivarea Mănăstirii Crişan (1992). Editura Argonaut & Editura Episcopiei Devei și Hunedoarei, 2017. P. 54-92.
Chapter Dragoş Gh. Năstăsoiu. Painters of Western Training Working for Orthodox Patrons – Remarks on the Evidence of Late-medieval Transylvania (14th-15th Century), in: Изкуствоведски Четения. Тематичен рецензиран годишник за изкуствознание в два тома 2017. I – Старо изкуство. Византийско и поствизантийско изкуство: пресичане на граници. Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Art: Crossing Borders. Art Readings. Thematic Peer-reviewed Annual in Art Studies, Volumes I-II 2017. I – Old Art. Sofia : Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2017. P. 369-390.
Article Dragoş Gh. Năstăsoiu. A New "sancta et fidelis societas" for Saint Sigismund of Burgundy: His Cult and Iconography in Hungary during the Reign of Sigismund of Luxemburg // The Hungarian Historical Review. Acta Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae – New Series. 2016. Vol. 5. No. 3. P. 587-617.
Article Dragoş Gh. Năstăsoiu. Patterns of Devotion and Traces of Art. The Pilgrimage of Queen Elizabeth Piast to Marburg, Cologne, and Aachen in 1357 // Umeni. 2016. Vol. LXIV. No. 1. P. 29-43.
Chapter Dragoş Gh. Năstăsoiu. The Social Status of Romanian Orthodox Noblemen in Late-medieval Transylvania According to Donor Portraits and Church Inscriptions, in: Études Byzantines et Post-Byzantines Vol. VII. Bucharest : Editura Academiei Romane/Publishing House of the Romanian Academy, 2016. P. 205-265.
Article Dragoş Gh. Năstăsoiu. Patterns of Devotion and Traces of Art. The Diplomatic Journey of Queen Elizabeth Piast to Italy in 1343-1344 // Convivium: Exchanges and Interactions in the Arts of Medieval Europe, Byzantium and the Mediterranean. 2015. Vol. II. No. 2. P. 98-111.
Chapter Dragoş Gh. Năstăsoiu. The "Pillars" of the Medieval Hungarian State and Church, in: Matérialité et immatérialité dans l’Église au Moyen Âge. Actes du Colloque organisé par: Le centre d’Études Médiévales de l’Université de Bucarest, Le New Europe College de Bucarest et L’Université Charles-de-Gaule Lille 3 à Bucarest, les 22 et 23 octobre 2010. Bucharest : Editura Universitatii din Bucuresti, 2012. P. 453-466.
Book Dragoş Năstăsoiu. Arta gotică în România. Bucharest : NOI Media Print, 2011.
Article Dragoş Gh. Năstăsoiu, Karbić D. Giovanni Giacomo Caroldo, Istorii Venețiene [Mletačka povijest], prir. Șerban V. Marin, Arhivele Naționale ale României, sv. 1: De la originile Cetăţii la moartea dogelui Giacopo Tiepolo (1249) [Od osnutka Grada do smrti dužda Jakova Tiepola], București 2008., 296 str.; sv. 2: De la alegerea dogelui Marino Morosini la moartea dogelui Bartolomeo Gradenigo (1249-1342) [Od izbora dužda Marina Morosinija do smrti dužda Bartolomeja Gradeniga], București 2009., 288 str.; sv. 3: De la alegerea dogelui Andrea Dandolo la moartea dogelui Giovanni Delfino (1343-1361) [Od izbora dužda Andrije Dandola do smrti dužda Ivana Delfina], București 2010., 287 str. // Papers and Proceedings of the Department of Historical Research of the Institute of Historical and Social Research of Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts. 2011. Vol. 29. P. 394-395. doi
Book Dragoş Năstăsoiu. Gothic Art in Romania. Bucharest : NOI Media Print, 2011.
Article Dragoş Gh. Năstăsoiu. Political Aspects of the Mural Representations of "sancti reges Hungariae" in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries // Annual of Medieval Studies at CEU. 2010. Vol. 16. P. 93-119.
Article Dragoş Gh. Năstăsoiu. Nouvelles représentations de la Légende de Saint Ladislas à Crăciunel et Chilieni // Revue Roumaine d'Histoire de l'Art. Séries Beaux-Arts. 2008. Vol. XLV. P. 3-22.

Conferences

2019
International Symposium “Eclecticism at the Edges: Medieval Art and Architecture at the Crossroads of the Latin, Greek, and Slavic Cultural Spheres (c. 1300-c. 1500)” (Princeton). Presentation: Appropriation, Adaptation, Transformation: Painters of Byzantine Tradition Working for Catholic Patrons in 14th- and 15th-century Transylvania
2018
Joint Seminars “The Symbolic Middle Ages” and “Byzantium: Emperors and Saints” (Moscow). Presentation: Catholic Royal Saints in Transylvanian Orthodox Churches: The sancti reges Hungariae, Romanian Orthodox Noblemen, and the Legitimating Power of Images
2017
Art Readings 2017 – Old Art Module: Byzantine & Post-Byzantine Art: Crossing Borders (София). Presentation: Painters of Byzantine Tradition Working for Catholic Patrons, Western Painters Working for Orthodox Commissioners. The Evidence of Transylvanian Murals (14th-15th C.)
Seminar of the Department of Medieval and Pre-modern History and Art History, Faculty of History and Philosophy, Babeş-Bolyai University (Cluj-Napoca). Presentation: Sfinţi regali şi propagandă politică: Cultul Sf. Sigismund de Burgundia şi regele Sigismund de Luxemburg (1387-1437) [Royal Saints and Political Propaganda: The Cult of St. Sigismund of Burgundy and King Sigismund of Luxemburg (1387-1437)]
Seminar of the Department of Medieval and Pre-modern History and Art History, Faculty of History and Philosophy, Babeş-Bolyai University (Cluj-Napoca). Presentation: Statutul social al nobilimii ortodoxe româneşti din Transilvania potrivit mărturiilor din tablouri şi inscripţii votive (sec. XIV-XV) [The Social Status of Romanian Orthodox Noblemen in Transylvania According to Votive Portraits and Inscriptions (14th-15th C.)]
Symposium “Cultură şi spiritualitate în comuna Ribiţa (jud. Hunedoara). 600 de ani de la atestarea bisericii Sfântul Ierarh Nicolae din Ribiţa (1417) şi 25 de ani de la reactivarea Mănăstirii Crişan (1992)” (Ribiţa). Presentation: O ipoteză privind datarea picturilor murale ale bisericii Sfântul Nicolae din Ribiţa în lumina unor informaţii noi [A Hypothesis Regarding the Dating of the Mural Paintings of Saint Nicholas Church in Ribiţa in Light of New Information]
2016
The Middle Ages in Motion (Středověk v pohybu) Lecture Series (Prague). Presentation: A sancta et fidelis societas… Hungarica? The Cult and Iconography of St. Sigismund in Late-medieval Hungary
2015
Art Readings 2015: Heroes/Cults/Saints. On the Occasion of the 500th Anniversary since the Martyrdom of St George the New Martyr of Sofia (София). Presentation: Hybrid Art or Hybrid Piety? The Representation of the Catholic Holy Kings of Hungary in Medieval Orthodox Churches of Transylvania
Town and Country in the Byzantine World: Social and Economic Perspectives (София). Presentation: The Social Status of Romanian Orthodox Noblemen in Late-medieval Transylvania According to Donor Portraits and Church Inscriptions
2014
Date noi în cercetarea artei medievale din România. Ediţia a unsprezecea (Бухарест). Presentation: Despre datarea picturilor murale ale bisericii Sf. Nicolae din Ribiţa în lumina unor informaţii noi [On the Dating of the Mural Paintings of St. Nicholas Church in Ribiţa in Light of New Information]
International Medieval Congress (IMC) (Лидс). Presentation: King Sigismund of Luxemburg’s Promotion of St. Sigismund of Burgundy’s Cult and Its Artistic Expression in Late-medieval Hungary
Circulation as a Factor of Cultural Aggregation: Relics, Ideas and Cities in the Middle Ages (Тельч). Presentation: Patronage as Means of Mobility for the Cult of Saints: The Case of the Arpadian Saints in the Fourteenth Century
19th Annual Medieval Postgraduate Student Colloquium Boundaries in Medieval Art and Architecture (Лондон). Presentation: Transgressing Boundaries: Mural Painting in the Orthodox Churches of Fourteenth- and Fifteenth-century Transylvania
ARCS Fall 2014 Lecture Series (Sofia). Presentation: “Between East and West”: The Iconography of Donors in Orthodox Mural Painting of South-western Transylvania during the Fifteenth Century
2013
International Medieval Congress (IMC) (Лондон). Presentation: The Pillars of the Hungarian State and Church: Shaping the Image of St. Stephen and St. Ladislas after the Old Testament Kings Solomon and David
Post-Byzantine Art: Orthodox Christian Art in a Non-Byzantine World? (Будапешт). Presentation: ‘East Meets West’: The Iconography of Orthodox Mural Painting in Transylvania during Fifteenth Century
OTKA Saints Colloquia Series (Budapest). Presentation: A Holy Bishop among Holy Kings in the Murals of Mălâncrav (Malmkrog, Almakerék)
2010
Annual Session of Medieval Art Department, Art History Institute G. Oprescu, Bucharest (Бухарест). Presentation: Regii sfinţi ai Ungariei: Stâlpi ai Bisericii maghiare locale [The Holy Kings of Hungary: Pillars of the Hungarian Local Church]
Matérialités et immatérialité de l’église au Moyen Âge (Бухарест). Presentation: The Apostles of the Hungarian Church: The Altar Space Iconography of the Hungarian Kingdom’s Medieval Churches
2009
Annual Session of Medieval Art Department, Art History Institute G. Oprescu (Бухарест). Presentation: “Sancti reges Hungariae” în pictura murală a Regatului Maghiar medieval [“Sancti reges Hungariae” in Mural Painting of Medieval Hungarian Kingdom]
2007
Annual Session of Medieval Art Department, Art History Institute G. Oprescu, Bucharest (Бухарест). Presentation: Noi reprezentări ale Legendei Sfântului Ladislau la Crăciunel şi Chilieni [New Representations of St. Ladislas’ Legend in Crăciunel and Chilieni]

Employment history

Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Art History Department (Tbilisi, Georgia)

Teaching Fellow. Course: “Style Analysis as a Method of Art Historical Research” (2012)

National University of Arts, Department of Art History and Theory (Bucharest, Romania)

Teaching Assistant. Courses: “History of Romanian Medieval Art” and “History of Romanian Modern Art” (2009-2010)