Alejandro Garcia Aviles

Alejandro Garcia Aviles is a Professor of Medieval Art at the Universidad de Murcia in Spain, affiliated with the Department of History of Art within the Faculty of Arts and Humanities. His research focuses on medieval visual culture, particularly the intersections of art, magic, and religion in medieval Europe. He holds a PhD from the Universidad de Murcia (1995) with a thesis on medieval astrological miniatures.

• Research Groups: Visual Studies: Images, Texts, Contexts; Catalogación-Escultura y Arquitectura
• Key Interests: Iconography, medieval astrology, alchemical imagery, idolatry, and the cultural history of magic.

Publications include seminal works on Alfonso X's manuscripts, the role of planetary imagery in medieval politics, and the visual representation of magical practices. His co-authored books explore topics like the profane within sacred art and the power dynamics of medieval images.

Recent research highlights include analyzing the Libro de Astromagia and Aurora Consurgens manuscripts, as well as investigating the demonization of idols in Romanesque art. He has contributed to international conferences on medieval Iberian art and co-organized colloquia on transnational medieval artistic exchanges.

His work bridges art history, theology, and cultural studies, offering critical insights into how medieval societies conceptualized the sacred, the profane, and the supernatural through visual media.