Medieval Tombs and their Spatial Contexts. Strategies of Commemoration in Christianity and Islam University of Tubingen, Kunsthistorisches Institut, Alte Burse, Bursagasse 1, Raum X, 72070 Tübingen, Germany, Conference: February 18 – 20, 2016. Registration deadline: Feb 15, 2016 The idea that the shaping of tombs and funeral places goes beyond aspects of personal welfare and mirrors social functions and meanings of commemorationContinue reading “Conference: Medieval Tombs and their Spatial Contexts. Strategies of Commemoration in Christianity and Islam, University of Tubingen (18-20 February 2016)”
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Conference cycle: Visibility and presence of the iamge in the ecclesiastical space: Byzantium and the Western Middle Ages. Paris, 18 February – 16 June 2016
Institut National d’Histoire de l’Art, salle Vasari, 2 rue Vivienne, 75002 Paris, February 18, 2016, February 18 – June 16, 2016 Cycle de conférences Visibilité et présence de l’image dans l’espace ecclésial. Byzance et Moyen Age occidental Les jeudis 18 février, 24 mars, 19 mai et 16 juin 2016 INHA, salle Vasari (salle Jullian le 16 juinContinue reading “Conference cycle: Visibility and presence of the iamge in the ecclesiastical space: Byzantium and the Western Middle Ages. Paris, 18 February – 16 June 2016”
Conference: Celtic Revivals: Authenticity and Identity Conference, London 16-17 January 2016
Celtic Revivals: Authenticity and Identity Conference British Museum, January 16 – 17, 2016 Although the Celtic Revival is usually associated with the late 19th century, this conference will demonstrate how it constitutes a whole series of revivals, beginning in the medieval period and continuing into the modern. Leading art and design historians, archaeologists and curators will presentContinue reading “Conference: Celtic Revivals: Authenticity and Identity Conference, London 16-17 January 2016”
HISTORIANS OF ISLAMIC ART ASSOCIATION 2016 Biennial Conference
The Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London October 20-22, 2016 Regionality: looking for the local in the arts of Islam The Fifth Biennial Conference of the Historians of Islamic Art Association will take place at The Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London, from October 20th to October 22nd, 2016. The Courtauld Institute of Art isContinue reading “HISTORIANS OF ISLAMIC ART ASSOCIATION 2016 Biennial Conference”
Conference: Die Architektur der Bettelorden im Mittelalter (Mainz, 19 Nov 15)
Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Georg Forster-Gebäude, Hörsaal 02-521, 55128 Mainz, 19.11.2015 Repräsentative Armut. Die Architektur der Bettelorden im Mittelalter Zu Beginn des 13. Jhds. bildeten sich infolge des Urbanisierungsprozesses und der damit entstandenen Kluft zwischen Reichen und Armen die Bettelorden der Dominikaner (1215) und Franziskaner (1217). Diese neuen Orden waren in erster Linie eine Armutsbewegung, die sich im GegensatzContinue reading “Conference: Die Architektur der Bettelorden im Mittelalter (Mainz, 19 Nov 15)”
Conference: Late Romanesque Sculpture in European Cathedrals: Stages, Narratives and Materiality (18-20 November 2015, Tarragona)
The TEMPLA research group has convened a conference to discuss the usefulness of traditional stylistic terminology, and consider the questions posed by the categorisation of medieval European artistic production, specifically as this affects our understanding of work from the second half of the 12th century. Nowadays it is still difficult to grasp with any subtletyContinue reading “Conference: Late Romanesque Sculpture in European Cathedrals: Stages, Narratives and Materiality (18-20 November 2015, Tarragona)”
Conference programme: Seals and Status 800-1700 (British Museum, 4-6 Dec 2015)
Programme for Seals and Status 800-1700, a major conference at the British Museum, 4-6 December 2015. Book tickets at the official site. £50 (£25 students and concessions) Friday 4 December 08.30 Coffee and registration 09.30 Introduction Jonathan Williams, British Museum 09.45 Keynote 1 Status: an impression Brigitte Bedos-Rezak, New York University 10.45 Break 11.00 SessionContinue reading “Conference programme: Seals and Status 800-1700 (British Museum, 4-6 Dec 2015)”
Use of Models in Gothic Art (Geneva, 4-5 Nov 2016)
Call for Papers University of Geneva, November 4 – 05, 2016 Deadline: Dec 15, 2015 The University of Geneva’s Art History Unit and the University of Strasbourg’s Institute of Art History are organizing an international conference: Supposed Models, Identified Models: Their Uses in Gothic Art The topic of models, whose use is inherent to theContinue reading “Use of Models in Gothic Art (Geneva, 4-5 Nov 2016)”
Call for Papers: Dialogue and Difference in the Middle Ages (Bristol 25-26 Feb 2016)
Bristol Centre for Medieval Studies – 22nd annual postgraduate conference Thursday 25th – Friday 26th February 2016 Call for Papers Dialogue and Difference is an interdisciplinary conference bringing together scholars from all fields to explore the ways in which cultural, social, political, religious, scientific and intellectual exchange and interaction unfolded throughout the Middle Ages. DialoguesContinue reading “Call for Papers: Dialogue and Difference in the Middle Ages (Bristol 25-26 Feb 2016)”
Typical Venice? Venetian Commodities, 13th-16th centuries (3-6 March 2016)
Call for Papers Deutsches Studienzentrum in Venice, Palazzo Barbarigo della Terrazza, March 3 – 06, 2016 Deadline: Oct 31, 2015 Organizer: Dr. Philippe Cordez (ENB-Nachwuchsforschergruppe “Premodern Objects”, Department Kunstwissenschaften, LMU Munich) and PD Dr. Romedio Schmitz-Esser (Deutsches Studienzentrum in Venice) What are “Venetian” commodities? More than any other medieval or early modern city, Venice lived off ofContinue reading “Typical Venice? Venetian Commodities, 13th-16th centuries (3-6 March 2016)”
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