Athena Asks: Susannah Morgan talks to Nicola Jennings about Resurrection and the Disabled Body
Susannah Morgan talks to Nicola Jennings about the representation of the disabled body in the Last Judgement mosaic at the Basilica di Santa Maria Assunta in Torcello near Venice. Susannah''s unique perspective blends her own experience as an emerging disabled art historian with Christian theology, offering us a new interpretation of medieval ideas about bodily resurrection, disability and physical perfection. She draws our attention not only to extraordinary wild animals and sea creatures carrying body parts back to their owners on the Day of Judgement, but also to the image of Christ whose own resurrected body bears the marks of the Crucifixion.