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Call for Papers | The Early Modern Villa: The Senses and Perceptions versus Materiality

Zygmunt Vogel Wilanów Palace as seen from the park, 1791-2, from the Royal Palace in Warsaw

The Early Modern Villa: The Senses and Perceptions versus Materiality International Symposium, Wilanów Palace, Warsaw, October 15-17, 2014 Convenors: Barbara Arciszewska, Warsaw University | Paweł Jaskanis, Wilanów Palace Museum Enhanced interest in sensual perception was one of the mainstays of early modern culture. The development of new visual conventions (most notably the linear perspective) and ‘ocularcentric’ character of early modern science has long focused scholarly attention on the contemporary obsession with sight and optional illusion. Yet sight, although privileged as a nucleus of artistic theory and analytical instrument in natural…