The Université catholique de Louvain (UCL, Louvain-la-Neuve), the Laboratoire d’étude des œuvres d’art par les méthodes scientifiques (Musée de Louvain-la-Neuve) and the Flemish research centre for the arts in the Burgundian Netherlands of the Groeningemuseum (Musea Brugge) are honoured to announce the XIXth symposium for the Study of Underdrawing and Technology in Painting which willContinue reading “Conference: Study of Underdrawing and Technology in Painting XIX and Ghent altarpiece study day, 11-13 September 2014”
Author Archives: J.A. Cameron
CFP: Gotische Skulptur um 1300 (Berlin, 7-8 May 2015), deadline 8 June 2014
Gotische Skulptur um 1300 in Frankreich und Deutschland Tagung der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin im Bode-Museum Die in den Jahrzehnten um 1300 in Frankreich und den angrenzenden Territorien des Deutschen Reichs entstandene, deutlich von wechselseitigen Bezügen geprägte gotische Skulptur wurde lange kontrovers diskutiert. Ziel der meisten Debatten war die Erstellung einer Chronologie der wichtigsten ObjekteContinue reading “CFP: Gotische Skulptur um 1300 (Berlin, 7-8 May 2015), deadline 8 June 2014”
Sound as Artefact
Originally posted on Material Witness:
The OU’s Dr Helen Coffey guest blogs about a workshop taking place this Friday at the British Library As an intangible art form, music poses a number of challenges for the researcher, especially when studying repertoire and practices which pre-date the advent of electronic recording. While we are incredibly lucky…
Seminar: Sedilia in English Churches at the Mellon
James Alexander Cameron (Courtauld Institute of Art) Sedilia in English Churches: Challenges and Discoveries in the Study of Parish Church Architecture James will be talking about his PhD on medieval sedilia at the Mellon Institute at Bedford Square (Russell Square/Holborn tube) at 12:30 on Friday 22nd February. The spring programme of research lunches is gearedContinue reading “Seminar: Sedilia in English Churches at the Mellon”
Resources: Images of English Cathedrals before 1850
I have been recently working on sedilia in cathedrals and as an art historian, I enjoy little more than a game of spot-the-difference. Here are some resources I have found very useful for a glimpse of that state of our greatest medieval buildings before the Gilbert Scott-led frenzy of restoration mania. They are available copyright-free on archive.org so I could not help sharing them.
Workshop Reflections: British Museum handling session: Objects with apotropaic inscriptions
The Courtauld has a reputation for getting up close to objects, sometimes to the concern of nearby gallery attendants. However, a number of handling sessions for postgraduate students to indulge in pawing exhibits without rebuke have been arranged at the British Museum with the kind assistance of Lloyd DeBeer and Naomi Speakman, both in progressContinue reading “Workshop Reflections: British Museum handling session: Objects with apotropaic inscriptions”
Newly revealed Tudor wall paintings now on view in Welsh church
The first stage of revealing the magnificent wall paintings at Llancarfan church in the Vale of Glamorgan is complete, and for the first time these important discoveries are available for viewing by the general public. A video showing these discoveries is available from the BBC. Discovered only in 2007, these paintings have been painstakingly uncoveredContinue reading “Newly revealed Tudor wall paintings now on view in Welsh church”
Television review: Tudor Monastery Farm
Currently airing on BBC Two is Tudor Monastery Farm, a rather gentle, post-reality-era bit of television, continuing the popular franchise of Victorian, Edwardian and Wartime Farm. Although a little guilty of choosing the National Curriculum-friendly “Tudor” label over “Medieval” (admittedly however, Late Middle Ages Farm or Circa Fifteen-Hundred Farm lack a certain marketability), it remainsContinue reading “Television review: Tudor Monastery Farm”
London Medieval Graduate Network, Courtauld Institute, 6th December
The London Medieval Graduate Network holds seminars at different institutions a number of times each term, which allow for students to give short papers on aspects of their research. All are very welcome. The next meeting will be held in seminar room 4 at the Courtauld Institute of Art: Somerset House on the Strand. TheContinue reading “London Medieval Graduate Network, Courtauld Institute, 6th December”
CFP deadline: The Visual Arts and Music in Renaissance Europe c.1400-1650
Deadline 4 November 2013, for conference on Saturday 18 January 2014 at The Courtauld Institute of Art The study (and experience) of music and art has occurred largely separately, however. Hence, the wariness of students of Renaissance art and music to explore the relationship between their own discipline and their close yet unfamiliar counterpart hasContinue reading “CFP deadline: The Visual Arts and Music in Renaissance Europe c.1400-1650”
Medieval Art Research 