Here are some great new books on 14th and 15th century painting. Any suggestions from the other end of the Middle Ages (or anything in-between)? As always do let us know of any recently-published medieval art history books you would like us to include in a book roundup – we would be happy to letContinue reading “Book Roundup: Late Medieval Painting”
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Call for Papers: Illuminating Metalwork: Representations of Precious-Metal Objects in Medieval Manuscript Illumination (Saint Louis Conference on Manuscript Studies)
Call for papers: Illuminating Metalwork: Representations of Precious-Metal Objects in Medieval Manuscript Illumination (Saint Louis Conference on Manuscript Studies), Vatican Film Library, Saint Louis University, St. Louis MO, October 14 – 15, 2016 Deadline: May 1, 2016 The Saint Louis Conference on Manuscript Studies is the longest running annual conference in North America devoted exclusively to medievalContinue reading “Call for Papers: Illuminating Metalwork: Representations of Precious-Metal Objects in Medieval Manuscript Illumination (Saint Louis Conference on Manuscript Studies)”
Conference: 17th congress on the Dance of Death and macabre art
Conference: 17e congrès sur l’étude des danses macabres et sur l’art macabre en général, Troyes (Aube/ France), médiathèque du Grand Troyes, boulevard Gambetta, May 25 – 28, 2016 Programme : Mercredi 25 mai 2016 Accueil de 10h à 14h 14h-14h30 Véronique Saublet, Vice –Présidente du Grand Troyes Accueil des participants 14h30-15h Novella Lapini (Firenze) La processione deiContinue reading “Conference: 17th congress on the Dance of Death and macabre art”
Conference: The Illustrated Broadsheet in the 16th Century. Protestant profiling from examples of the Gothaer Sammlung.
Conference: Das illustrierte Flugblatt im 16. Jahrhundert. Protestantische Profilbildung am Beispiel der Gothaer Sammlung, Orangenhaus in der Orangerie Gotha, Friedrichstraße 6-8, 99867 Gotha, April 4 – 6, 2016 Registration deadline: March 29, 2016 PROGRAMME Monday, 4/4/2016 14:00 Uhr Prof. Dr. Martin Eberle (Gotha): Begrüßung 14:10 Uhr Prof. Dr. Christopher Spehr (Jena): Einführung in das Thema 14:20Continue reading “Conference: The Illustrated Broadsheet in the 16th Century. Protestant profiling from examples of the Gothaer Sammlung.”
Book roundup: Medieval architecture
All is thriving in medieval architecture publishing from the Romanesque to the Late Gothic: here are some very special books that have been published in the last few months. As always do let us know of any recently-published medieval art history books you would like us to include in a book roundup – we would beContinue reading “Book roundup: Medieval architecture”
CFP: Treasure in heaven, treasures on Earth: the secular world and material consumption in Western European monasticism c.1050 – c. 1250, 21-23rd September 2016, Hatfield College, Durham University
CALL FOR PAPERS Treasure in heaven, treasures on Earth: the secular world and material consumption in Western European monasticism c.1050 – c. 1250 21-23rd September 2016, Hatfield College, Durham University Deadline: 1st June 2016 Abstracts are invited for a conference entitled ‘Treasure in heaven, treasures on Earth: the secular world and material consumption in WesternContinue reading “CFP: Treasure in heaven, treasures on Earth: the secular world and material consumption in Western European monasticism c.1050 – c. 1250, 21-23rd September 2016, Hatfield College, Durham University”
Call for Applications: Dante and the Visual Arts: a Summer Symposium at UCLA and the J. Paul Getty Museum (August 22 – 24, 2016)
The UCLA Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies (CMRS) invites applications from graduate students and post-doctoral scholars to attend the Dante and the Visual Arts Summer Symposium. The symposium, organized by CMRS and the journal Dante e l’Arte in conjunction with the J. Paul Getty Museum, will take place August 22–24, 2016Continue reading “Call for Applications: Dante and the Visual Arts: a Summer Symposium at UCLA and the J. Paul Getty Museum (August 22 – 24, 2016)”
News: 13th century paintings discovered at Poitiers Cathedral
Some thirteenth century wall paintings of exceptional quality were discovered at Poitiers Cathedral earlier this year. Measuring 900 square metres, these murals were covered by whitewash in the eighteenth century. You can read more here at France Bleu and watch a video here at la Nouvelle Republique Best wishes for your winter holidays from all at Medieval Art Research!
Call for Papers: Re/Generate – Medieval materiality and reuse (St Andrews, 6-7 May 2016)
Deadline for submissions: 1 February 2016 The University of St Andrews School of Art History in collaboration with the St Andrews Institute of Medieval Studies (SAIMS) present Re/generate: Materiality and the Afterlives of Things in the Middle Ages, 500-1500 an interdisciplinary conference on reuse and recycling in medieval Europe taking place on 6-7th May 2016. In recent years, theContinue reading “Call for Papers: Re/Generate – Medieval materiality and reuse (St Andrews, 6-7 May 2016)”
CFP: Heraldry in Medieval and Early Modern State-Rooms
Münster, Germany, March 16 – 18, 2016 Deadline: Dec 15, 2015 Heraldry in Medieval and Early Modern State-Rooms: Towards a Typology of Heraldic Programmes in Spaces of Self-Representation Heraldry was an ubiquitous element of state-rooms. Whether in palaces of kings and princes, castles of noblemen, residences of patricians, city halls or in cathedral chapters, heraldic display wasContinue reading “CFP: Heraldry in Medieval and Early Modern State-Rooms”
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