Conference: Sevilla, 1514. Arquitectos Tardogóticos en la encrucijada (Seville, November 2014)

International Conference. Sevilla 1514: Arquitectos Tardogóticos en la en la encrucijada Seville, Salón de Actos de la Casa de la Provincia 12-15 November 2014 After the I International Conference Arquitectura tardogótica en la Corona de Castilla held in Santander in 2010, the II International Conference Sevilla, 1514: Arquitectos Tardogóticos en la encrucijada, aims to serveContinue reading “Conference: Sevilla, 1514. Arquitectos Tardogóticos en la encrucijada (Seville, November 2014)”

CFP: Against Gravity: Building Practices in the Pre-Industrial World (Philadelphia, 20-22 March 2015)

Call for Papers: Against Gravity: Building Practices in the Pre-Industrial World Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, 20-22 March 2015 Deadline: 15 November 2014 Following on the success of “Masons at Work” (held in spring 2012, and published as  http://www.sas.upenn.edu/ancient/publications.html), the symposium aims to assemble specialists to examine building practices in the pre-industrial world, with an emphasis on Greek, Roman,Continue reading “CFP: Against Gravity: Building Practices in the Pre-Industrial World (Philadelphia, 20-22 March 2015)”

Call for Papers: Beguiling Structures Architecture in European Painting 1300-1550

Beguiling Structures Architecture in European Painting 1300-1550 19th September 2014, National Gallery, London “Is it not true that painting is the mistress of all the arts or their principal ornament? If I am not mistaken, the architect took from the painter architraves, capitals, bases, columns and pediments, and all the other fine features of buildings.Continue reading “Call for Papers: Beguiling Structures Architecture in European Painting 1300-1550”

Call for papers: Alfonso VIII and Eleanor of England, Artistic Confluences Around 1200 (Madrid, November 12-14, 2014) – Deadline 25th May

October 6, 1214. The Castilian monarch, Alfonso VIII, died on his way to Plasencia. Before the month had ended, his wife Eleanor Plantagenet followed him in the monastery of Las Huelgas in Burgos. To celebrate the eight-hundredth anniversary of their passing, the UCM’s Department of History of Art I (Medieval) organises the VIII edition ofContinue reading “Call for papers: Alfonso VIII and Eleanor of England, Artistic Confluences Around 1200 (Madrid, November 12-14, 2014) – Deadline 25th May”

The experience of sacred places: times and settings (Aguilar de Campo, Spain, Sept 26-28 2014)

with Xavier BARRAL I ALTET, Université de Rennes 2 y Ca’ Foscari de Venecia  Susana CALVO CAPILLA, Universidad Complutense de Madrid  Vincent DEBIAIS, CNRS–Université de Poitiers/CESCM  Rosa RODRÍGUEZ PORTO, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela  Bissera PENTCHEVA, Stanford University. California  Michele BACCI, Universität Freiburg – Suiza  Herbert l. KESSLER, Johns Hopkins University Click here for furtherContinue reading “The experience of sacred places: times and settings (Aguilar de Campo, Spain, Sept 26-28 2014)”

Call for Papers: Medieval Roofing between the Loire and the Meuse, images and techniques

Papers in French, English and Dutch are invited for the international conference ‘Les couvertures monumentales au Moyen Âge entre Loire et Meuse : images et techniques’, Tournai, 22-23 January, 2015. Abstracts and CVs to yves.felix.desmet@spw.wallonie.be by 25 April 2015. 2ème Colloque international Les couvertures monumentales au Moyen Âge entre Loire et Meuse: images et techniquesContinue reading “Call for Papers: Medieval Roofing between the Loire and the Meuse, images and techniques”

Conference: Misericordia International Conference (León, 29th May – 1st June 2014)

Misericordia International Conference Choir Stalls in Architecture and Architecture in Choir Stalls León, 29th May – 1st June 2014 Misericordia International was founded by Elaine C. Block (1925-2008) as an association dedicated to the research, awareness and study of choir stalls, and their relationship to other artistic expressions during the Middle Ages. Since its creation,Continue reading “Conference: Misericordia International Conference (León, 29th May – 1st June 2014)”

Call for Papers: II International Conference. Sevilla, 1514: Arquitectos tardogóticos en la encrucijada

Call for Papers II International Conference. Sevilla, 1514: Arquitectos tardogóticos en la encrucijada Seville, November 12-15, 2014 Deadline: 31 May 2014 After the I International Conference Arquitectura tardogótica en la Corona de Castilla held in Santander in 2010, the II International Conference. Sevilla, 1514: Arquitectos Tardogóticos en la encrucijada, aims to serve as a forumContinue reading “Call for Papers: II International Conference. Sevilla, 1514: Arquitectos tardogóticos en la encrucijada”

British Archaeological Association March Lecture

Professor Thomas Coomans will give a lecture entitled ‘Late Medieval Beguinages in the Low Countries: A ‘Poor’ Architecture for Semi-Religious Women’ at 5.00 pm on Wednesday, 5 March at the Society of Antiquaries (Burlington House, Piccadilly, London). Tea is available from 4.30 pm. The lecture forms a part of the British Archaeological Association’s 2013-14 lecture series, and is open to all. Home

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We’d like to get profiles of all researchers currently working on medieval art and architecture (defined in the broadest possible sense), so please send your details to medievalartresearch@gmail.com! Our Research Profiles page is visited more than any other page on this blog, so this is a great opportunity to get some exposure, and also to findContinue reading “Post your profile on this blog!”