The Work of Art – Material and Technology in Sources and Workshop Practice The variety of traditional sources poses a challenge to accessing practical knowledge in historical workshops. Texts and pictorial representations provide information on the production of materials and art works, but are not always reliable. What was their audience and purpose? Does the source result from hands-on experience, doesContinue reading “CONF: WerkStattWissen – The Work of Art (Bern, 31 May – 2 Jun 17)”
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Call for Papers – Monografía Colectiva in Andalusian Studies
Invitamos a participar en una obra monográfica sobre La Ciudad Andalusí que será publicada por una editorial universitaria española a aquellos especialistas (historiadores, arqueólogos, arabistas, arquitectos, etc.) que tengan interés en torno a alguno de los dos siguientes temas: – Urbanismo andalusí. – Complejos fortificados urbanos – Complejos palatinos – Espacios domésticos urbanos – Mezquitas urbanas – InfraestructurasContinue reading “Call for Papers – Monografía Colectiva in Andalusian Studies”
Colloque – Les marges
Le jeudi 18 mai 2017 se tiendra la journée thématique annuelle de l’IRHT consacrée aux marges. Ce thème, qui se trouve au carrefour des sciences du texte, rassemble toutes les sections du laboratoire, en ce qu’il touche aussi bien à la philologie, la lexicographie, l’histoire, la paléographie, qu’à la codicologie. Autour du texte, dimension essentielleContinue reading “Colloque – Les marges”
Books roundup: New Publications in Art
GABRIELE KOSTER, UTA SIEBRECHT. Der Magdeburger Reiter, Schnell & Steiner, 2017, 368 p. ISBN: 978-3795432027 Der Band versammelt Beiträge namhafter Experten aus den Bereichen Restaurierung, Kunstgeschichte, Geschichte und Rechtsgeschichte, die den aktuellen Forschungsstand zum Magdeburger Reiter als bedeutende Skulptur der mittelalterlichen Kunst- und Kulturgeschichte aus unterschiedlichen Perspektiven präsentieren. Der Magdeburger Reiter, entstanden um 1240, giltContinue reading “Books roundup: New Publications in Art”
CONF: Riemenschneider In Situ (Rothenburg/Wuerzburg, 21-24 Jun 17)
Rothenburg and Würzburg, 21. – 24.06.2017 Conference Program In 1980, Michael Baxandall introduced the sculptor Tilman Riemenschneider and his artistic milieu to English-speaking art historians — specialists and non-experts alike — with his book The Limewood Sculptors of Renaissance Germany. This publication appeared just a year prior to the first major exhibition of Riemenschneider’s early works in Würzburg’s Mainfränkisches Museum (1981). InContinue reading “CONF: Riemenschneider In Situ (Rothenburg/Wuerzburg, 21-24 Jun 17)”
CFP: Journal for Art Market Studies – Issue on “Translocations and the Art Market”
Deadline: Jun 15, 2017 Technische Universität Berlin, Institut für Kunstwissenschaft und Historische Urbanistik Call for Papers Deadline abstract (2,000 characters): 15 June 2017 Deadline article (30,000 characters): 31 October 2017 Journal for Art Market Studies – Issue on “Translocations and the Art Market” https://www.fokum-jams.org Since 2017 the Institute for Art History and Historical Urban Studies at Technische UniversitätContinue reading “CFP: Journal for Art Market Studies – Issue on “Translocations and the Art Market””
TOC: Art History and the Global Challenge. Artl@s Bulletin vol. 6,1
We are pleased to announce the publication of the new issue of the Artl@s Bulletin devoted to Art History and the Global Challenge. http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/artlas/ For this special issue of the Artl@s Bulletin, we asked a diverse group of scholars to share with us their perspectives on the “Global turn” and the ways the “Digital turn” is affecting it.Continue reading “TOC: Art History and the Global Challenge. Artl@s Bulletin vol. 6,1”
Publication en ligne – Annales de Janua, n° 5
Accès aux articles : ici Sommaire : Editorial – Amélie Rigollet Souverains et instruments de pouvoir Les instruments de pouvoir : Excalibur, de la force du guerrier à la puissance du roi – Justine Breton L’arc, la flèche et le carquois, symboles du pouvoir monarchique dans l’Antiquité – Benoît Lefebvre Le pouvoir improvisé ? PourpreContinue reading “Publication en ligne – Annales de Janua, n° 5”
CFP: Ars et Scientia (Cleveland, 27 Oct 17)
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, October 27, 2017 Deadline: Jul 16, 2017 Ars et Scientia: Intersections of Science and the Visual Arts October 27th, 2017 Despite the semantic divide that seems to separate art and science in modern culture, the boundaries between the two disciplines have always been fluid and permeable. From the earliest recorded botanical illustrations,Continue reading “CFP: Ars et Scientia (Cleveland, 27 Oct 17)”
CFP: The Image of the Multitude in Art and Philosophy (London, 10 Mar 18)
The Courtauld Institute of Art, London., March 10, 2018 Deadline: Sep 15, 2017 Imago Multitudinis. The Image of the Multitude in Art and Philosophy An International Conference at the Courtauld Institute of Art London, on the 10th of March. The Courtauld Institute of Art, The British Academy and the Collège International de Philosophie are pleased to announceContinue reading “CFP: The Image of the Multitude in Art and Philosophy (London, 10 Mar 18)”
Medieval Art Research 