Les images-reliquaires, dont la singularité attire notre attention, se définissent par la complexité de leur composition tant au point de vue artistique qu’au point de vue religieux. Il s’agit ici des peintures sur panneau de bois (plus rarement, sur verre églomisé), ayant fonction de porte-reliques, et décorées dans certains cas de pierres précieuses ou semi-précieuses.Continue reading “Publication – Anna M. Migdal, « Regina Cœli. Les images mariales et le culte des reliques. Entre Orient et Occident au Moyen Âge »”
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CFP: Horses in Art: The Familiar and the Alien Session at the International Medieval Congress, Leeds, 4 July 2017: 11.15-12.45
IMC 2017: Last minute call for papers Below is a list of two-paper sessions which still require a third paper.If you would like to propose a paper for any of the sessions please send your paper to us via email noting the session you have applied for at the top of your message. If weContinue reading “CFP: Horses in Art: The Familiar and the Alien Session at the International Medieval Congress, Leeds, 4 July 2017: 11.15-12.45”
Book Roundup: Recent Publications on Medieval Art in English, French and Italian
Lire les objets médiévaux Quand les choses font signe et sens Ce livre prend le « parti-pris des choses », à la confluence de l’histoire, l’histoire de l’art, |’archéologie, l’anthropologie et la philosophie en interrogeant les spécificités de l’objet au Moyen Âge en littérature. Pas encore doté d’une autonomie matérielle propre, l’objet médiéval, carrefour herméneutique, fonctionne commeContinue reading “Book Roundup: Recent Publications on Medieval Art in English, French and Italian”
CFP: Historians of Netherlandish Art Conference (Ghent, 24-26 May 2018)
Ghent, HNA Conference Deadline: May 15, 2017 Calls for papers: [1] Bruegel’s Politics [2] Utensils in Art: The Object as an Artist’s Model and the Domestic Utensil as Decorative Arts
CFP: Singular Acts (London, 16 Nov 17)
London, The Warburg Institute, November 16, 2017 Deadline: May 31, 2017 Singular Acts: The Role of the Individual in the Transformation of Collective Culture The Warburg Institute will host its second Postgraduate Symposium on 16 November 2017. This year’s Symposium focuses on particular personalities who acted for or against historical and cultural change.
CFP: Defense(less) city – Revista de Historia da Arte next issue
Deadline: Apr 30, 2017 DEFENSE(LESS) CITY will be the special subject of next issue of the Revista de História da Arte from IHA-FCSH-NOVA. The city is, by definition, alterity, difference. It is the human accomplishment par excellence, standing out from nature, isolating itself from it. The presumption of defense is inherent to the very idea of the urban. TheContinue reading “CFP: Defense(less) city – Revista de Historia da Arte next issue”
CFP: Art and its Directions (Perth, 6-8 Dec 17)
Perth, University of Western Australia, December 6 – 08, 2017 Deadline: May 22, 2017 The Conference Committee would like to invite proposals for panel sessions for the AAANZ 2017 Conference in Perth. The deadline for session proposals is COB Monday 22 May 2017. Please see the submission instructions below. All enquiries to conf@aaanz.info. CONFERENCE THEME | ART AND ITS DIRECTIONSContinue reading “CFP: Art and its Directions (Perth, 6-8 Dec 17)”
Lecture Series: Ringvorlesung: Kunst und Technik (Berlin, May-Jul 17)
Berlin, Technische Universität, 03.05. – 05.07.2017 Oberflächlichkeiten. Bedeutung, Material, Technologie und Erhaltung historischer Architekturoberflächen Vortragsreihe im Rahmen der Ringvorlesung Kunst und Technik Konzeption und Organisation: Andreas Huth Die äußere Erscheinung und die Wirkung von Architektur werden nicht nur vom verwendeten Material, sondern auch von dessen Be- und Verarbeitung bestimmt: Die Gestaltung der Oberfläche kann das Material der konstruktiven wie derContinue reading “Lecture Series: Ringvorlesung: Kunst und Technik (Berlin, May-Jul 17)”
Revisiting the Transcultural Paradigm in Art History (Berlin, 19-20 May 17)
Berlin, Freie Universität, May 19 – 20, 2017 Revisiting the Transcultural Paradigm in Art and Art History Over the last six years, the Research Unit “Transcultural Negotiations in the Ambits of Art“ has analysed the production of art and its discourses in transcultural contexts brought about by trade, travel, migration, or globalization. The research group served as a framework for projectsContinue reading “Revisiting the Transcultural Paradigm in Art History (Berlin, 19-20 May 17)”
Conference: Towards an Art History of the Parish Church, 1200-1399, The Courtauld Institute of Art, 2-3 June 2017
Kenneth Clark Lecture Theatre, The Courtauld Institute of Art Organised by: Dr James Alexander Cameron: The Courtauld Institute of Art Meg Bernstein: University of California, Los Angeles / The Courtauld Institute Kress Fellow, 2015-2017 Ticket / entry details: £26 (general admission to both days) £16 (students and over-60s) Limited free places available for current Courtauld students (bookingContinue reading “Conference: Towards an Art History of the Parish Church, 1200-1399, The Courtauld Institute of Art, 2-3 June 2017”
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