6th May 2016
10:00 – 17:00
Hunter Lecture Theatre, Edinburgh College of Art, 74, Lauriston Place , Edinburgh
Convened by Claudia Bolgia and Luca Palozzi from the School of History of Art
This one-day international research seminar on ‘Artist and Authorship’ is designed to take stock of the field, showcase award-winning, original research and discuss different methodologies, thus charting new avenues for future research. While the research seminar’s main focus of attention is the Italian Trecento, contributions reach well beyond it to investigate different geographical areas – both East and West (Portugal, France, Spain, Byzantium) – across a broader timespan, including contemporary perspectives on the topic.
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Programme
10.00 – 10.15 Luca Palozzi (Edinburgh College of Art), Introduction
Session 1: Visual Networks and Artistic Flows
Chair: Luca Palozzi (Edinburgh College of Art)
10.15 – 10.40 Emanuele Lugli (University of York), ‘Inventing the Network: Linking Figures and Connecting Knowledge in Trecento Italy’
10.40 – 11.05 Carla Varela Fernandes (Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal), ‘France-Catalonia-Portugal: artistic flows in the Trecento. Some examples from the Digital Index of Magistri Cataloniae’
11.05 – 11.20 Q&A
11.20 – 11.40 Coffee break
Session 2: Authorship and Self-Representation: East and West
Chair: Claudia Bolgia (Edinburgh College of Art)
11.40 – 12.05 Maria Lidova (British Museum, University of Oxford), ‘Manifestations of Authorship: Artists’ Signatures in Byzantium’
12.05 – 12.30 Giampaolo Ermini (Scuola Normale Superiore, Italy), ‘The Opere firmate nell’arte italiana / Medioevo Project : some notes on Sienese metalworkers’ signatures: goldsmiths, locksmiths, bell makers’
12.30 – 12.55 Donal Cooper (University of Cambridge), ‘The Authorship and Audience of the Meditations of the Life of Christ’
12.55 – 13.10 Q&A
13.10 – 14.00 Lunch
Session 3: Self-awareness and Reception
Chair: Claudia Bolgia (Edinburgh College of Art)
14.00 – 14.25 Luca Palozzi (Edinburgh College of Art), ‘Before the Paragone: Trecento Visual Intelligence and the Critical Misfortune of Sculptors’
14.25 – 14.50 Corin Sworn (Artist and Lecturer, Ruskin School of Art, Oxford), ‘The Mobile Screen and the Early Modern Stage: A contemporary artist’s take on borrowing from the past’
14.50 – 15.00 Q&A
15.00 – 15.20 Coffee break
Session 4: Postgraduate Research Showcase, Discussion and Conclusions
Chairs: Claudia Bolgia (Edinburgh College of Art), Robert Gibbs (University of Glasgow), John Richards (University of Glasgow), Luca Palozzi (Edinburgh College of Art)
15.20 – 15.50 Research Showcase with History of Art PhD candidates at the University of Edinburgh
Maria Gordusenko, ‘Magester Ursus and his self-representation in the church of Santi Pietro e Paolo in Ferentillo’
Amelia Hope-Jones, ‘The Elusive Artist: A Thirteenth-Century Tabernacle in the National Gallery of Scotland’
Fabian Bojkovsky, ‘A Jewish Convert as Artist: The Shrine of San Vicente, Sabina and Cristeta at the Intersection between Legend, Historicity and Propaganda’
15.50 – 16.20 Discussion
16.20 Claudia Bolgia (Edinburgh College of Art), Conclusions
For all enquiries, please email: luca.palozzi@ed.ac.uk.
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