Rare Books Summer School State Library of Victoria Immerse yourself in the world of rare books during an intensive five-day course at the 7th Australian and New Zealand Rare Books Summer School. Four courses will be presented: ‘Artists’ books, zines and other collaborative ventures’ Professor Sasha Grishin (6–10 February) ‘Botanical riches: the art of the book’ Richard Aitken (13–17 February) ‘Ephemera: a collector’s key to the history of books’ Wallace Kirsop (13–17 February) ‘The poetics of printing on the iron hand-press’ Caren Florance (13–17 February, Monash University, Caulfield) Please note…
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CFP: ‘World, Knowledge, Power. Encyclopaedic pictorial programmes from the thirteenth to the fifteenth century
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World, Knowledge, Power. Encyclopaedic pictorial programmes from the thirteenth to the fifteenth century Summer School of the Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz – Max-Planck-Institut 3 – 11 September 2020 Deadline for application: 14 June 2020 Concept and organization: Manuela De Giorgi, Susanne Pollack, Gerhard Wolf Academic guest: Dieter Blume The thirteenth century was a ‘century of encyclopaedias’. Learned compilations of knowledge were then produced, and iconographic programmes formulated, with the claim to present all fields of available knowledge in a comprehensive and systematic way. To be able to present knowledge as…