Call for Papers International Conference on Arts, Ideas, and the Baroque Hosted by the Institute for the Public Life of Arts and Ideas, McGill University in collaboration with the Montréal Baroque Festival 24-26 June 2011 2011 Theme: Deadly Sins This conference seeks to examine the ‘baroque’ in the early modern world as well as its echoes and resonances across time. Defined differently by different academic traditions, the notion of the baroque remains a point of reference as well as contention, and a signifier of cultural legacy as well as innovation – as in the notion of the ‘neo-baroque’. We propose to investigate…
Month: December 2010
Lecture: Michael Varcoe-Cocks ‘The Science of Landscape: Technical Research into the Paintings of Eugene von Guerard’
Friends of the Gallery Library Lecture Michael Varcoe-Cocks (Conservator of Paintings 1850 - 1950) The Science of Landscape: Technical Research into the Paintings of Eugene von Guérard Eugene von Guérard was Australia’s most sophisticated colonial landscape painter. His intricate depictions (that varied from remote wilderness to the grazing pastures of the western district Victoria), portrayed the specificity of Australia’s geology and fauna through a considered observation of nature that was informed by scientific principles. In April 2011 the NGV will hold the first exhibition to celebrate this artist’s work in more than 20 years. This lecture will discuss the technical…
CFP: Art and Sociability in the Eighteenth-Century (1715-1815) Paris, 2011
Art and Sociability in the Eighteenth-Century (1715-1815) Over the past two decades, sociabilité has become a useful and hotly debated concept for discussing the social, political and cultural changes during the eighteenth century. The works of Daniel Roche, Dena Goodman, Daniel Gordon, Antoine Lilti, and others have demonstrated that sociabilité can be fruitfully approached from the perspectives of sociology, philosophy and anthropology. In the eighteenth century, the Encyclopédie defined the term as ‘This inclination we have to do to others all the good that we can, to reconcile our happiness with that of others, and always to subordinate our personal…
Terra Foundation for American Art International Essay Prize
Terra Foundation for American Art International Essay Prize Deadline: January 15th, 2011 The Terra Foundation for American Art International Essay Prize recognizes excellent scholarship by a non-U.S. scholar in the field of historical American art (circa 1500—1980). The winning manuscript should advance understanding of American art and demonstrate new findings and original perspectives. It will be translated and published in American Art, the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s scholarly journal, which will also cover the cost of image rights and reproductions, and the winner will receive a $500 award. This prize is supported by funding from the Terra Foundation for American…
Funding: Asian Civilisations Museum Research Fellowship Grant
Asian Civilisations Museum Research Fellowship Grant The Asian Civilisations Museum (ACM) in Singapore invites scholars specialising in Buddhist art, Avalokiteshvara or visual culture to apply for a 12-month research fellowship. The award period for the 2011-12 fellowships will commence from April 2011 through March 2012. The applications will be screened by a committee of eminent scholars and will be administered by the Research and Publication Unit (RPU) of ACM. Background The research fellowships were first offered in 2009. They are planned to generate in-depth study, documentation and thought leading publications on specialised aspects of Asian cultures. This is in line…