The Augustinian Canons in Britain – Architecture, Archaeology, Art, and Liturgy 1100-1540 Rewley House, 1 Wellington Square, Oxford Fri 7 to Sun 9 Nov 2014 The Augustinian canons are very much the Cinderellas of medieval monastic history. In Britain, despite their prolific numbers, the not inconsiderable quantity and quality of their archives, and the fameContinue reading “Conference: The Augustinian Canons in Britain – Architecture, Archaeology, Art and Liturgy (Nov 7-9, 2014)”
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Call for Participants: Summer School: Arts, Architecture and Devotional Interaction in England 1200-1600 (York 2014)
Call for Participants: Arts, Architecture and Devotional Interaction in England, 1200-1600 NEH (National Endowment for the Humanities) Summer School York, 8 June – 4 July 2014 The medieval-themed National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Seminars and Institutes for College and University Teachers offer opportunities to conduct research in Europe (Rome, Florence,York). While most participants will hold faculty positions, directorsContinue reading “Call for Participants: Summer School: Arts, Architecture and Devotional Interaction in England 1200-1600 (York 2014)”
CFP: Microarchitecture and Miniaturized Representation of Buildings (Paris, 2014), deadline 1 May 2014
The symposium, co-organized by the Institut national d’histoire de l’art, the Université de Nantes, the Institut Universitaire de France, and the Archives nationales, aims to deal with issues related to the representation of miniaturized architecture through new approaches and perspectives.
Call for Papers: Looking for Leisure. Court Residences and their Satellites, 1400-1700 (Prague 2014)
Call for Papers: Looking for Leisure Court Residences and their Satellites, 1400-1700 Prague, June 5 – 07, 2014 Deadline: Jan 31, 2014 Website: http://www.courtresidences.eu/index.php/events/workshops-and-colloquia/Prague2014/ This PALATIUM conference draws attention to small buildings in residential complexes – small in size but not in importance – which were meant only for temporary, seasonal use, unlike the permanent use of the main palace.Continue reading “Call for Papers: Looking for Leisure. Court Residences and their Satellites, 1400-1700 (Prague 2014)”
Recent Speculum reviews of books on medieval art
New reviews in Speculum include those of: Christine Sciacca , ed., Florence at the Dawn of the Renaissance: Painting and Illumination, 1300–1350. Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2012. Sherry C. M. Lindquist , ed., The Meanings of Nudity in Medieval Art. Farnham, UK: Ashgate, 2012. Warwick Rodwell , The Archaeology of Churches. Stroud, UK: Amberley Publishing, 2012.Continue reading “Recent Speculum reviews of books on medieval art”