PICTURING POVERTY: IMAGERY OF THE OUTCAST AND MARGINAL IN
EARLY MODERN EUROPE

Please find below details of a two day conference to be
held at the University of Aberdeen, 2-4 May 2003. For
further details please contact: Dr. Tom Nichols, Department
of History of Art, University of Aberdeen AB24 3FX. e-mail:
[log in to unmask], tel. 01224 273783. Further details
and booking forms are also available on-line at
www.abdn.ac.uk/cems/cemsevent4.hti.


> Programme
> Friday 2 May 2003
> 12.30    Registration and Lunch

> 1.30  Welcome: Tom Nichols (University of Aberdeen)
>
> SESSION 1:  ITALY (1)
> Chair: Dr. Louise Bourdua (University of Aberdeen)
>
> 1.45      Debra Strickland (University of Edinburgh) Picturing
> the Eschaton: Jews, Saracens and Others at the End of Time
>
> 2.15     Caspar Pearson (University of Essex)  Poulterers, Butchers and
> Cooks:    Concepts of the 'Rabble' in Leon Battista Alberti's De re
> aedificatoria and Momus
>
> 2.45     Federico Botana (University of London, Birkbeck College), The
> Seven Acts of Mercy at the Dawn of the Modern Era.
>
> 3.15      Peter Higginson (University of Southampton) Poverty and Papal
> Piety,   ca.1600: Processions, Spectacle and Painting
>
> 3.45        Tea, Coffee, Biscuits
>
> 4.15     Genevieve Warwick (University of Glasgow) Pasquinade: Public Art
> and Popular Protest at Piazza Navona
>
> 5.00   KEYNOTE LECTURE 1:   Helen Langdon (British School at Rome)  Relics
> of the Golden Age: Vagabond Philosophers
>
 7.30    Drinks in Linklater Rooms, University of Aberdeen
>
> 8.0     Dinner in Linklater Rooms, University of Aberdeen
>
>
Saturday 3 May 2003
>
> 9.00 Late Registration and Coffee
>
> SESSION 2: SPAIN
> Chair:  Dr Phil Withington (University of Aberdeen)
>
> 9.30   Lisa E. Splittgerber (St. Cloud State University, USA) Somewhere
> Between Eva and Ave: Soladeras, Serrenas and a Very Naughty Nun in the
> Iberian Tradition
>
> 10.0    Janet Ravenscroft (University of London, Birkbeck College)
> Looking for 'Estanislao': Examining the Representation of Dwarves and
> Midgets in Hapsburg Spain
>
> 10.30  Carmen Fracchia (University of London, Birkbeck
> College)  Constructing the Black Slave in Spanish Golden Age Painting
>
> 11.00-11.30 Tea, Coffee, Biscuits
>
> 11.30 Kathleen Ashley (University of Southern Maine, USA)  What Cultural
> Theory Has to Say to Art History About Outcasts and Liminals
>
>
> 12.00   KEYNOTE LECTURE 2:  Peter Cherry  (Trinity College, Dublin) Murillo
> and the Blessed Poor
>
> 1.00-2.15  Lunch
>
> SESSION 3: ITALY (2)
> Chair: TBA.
>
> 2.15     Philip Cottrell (University College, Dublin)  "Guess Who's (not)
> Coming to Dinner?":  Interpretations of the Dives and Lazarus Theme in a
> Venetian Context
>
> 2.45     Tessa Storey (London)  "The Life and Miserable End of the Whore":
> Popular Images of Prostitution in Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century Italy
>
> 3.15     Livio Pestilli (Trinity College, Rome)  Blindness, Lameness and
> Mendicancy in Italy (XIV-XVIII Centuries)
>
> 3.45    John Gash (University of Aberdeen) The Caravaggesque Toothpuller
> 4.15    Tea, Coffee and Biscuits
>
> 5.00      Neil Curtis (University of Aberdeen) Exotic Outcasts: Prestige
> and Poverty in an XVIII Century Museum followed by an introduction to the
> Conference Display (Linklater Room)
>
> 7.30  Conference Dinner

> Sunday 4 May 2003
>
> SESSION 4: THE NORTH
> Chair:  Professor David Mannings  (University of Aberdeen)
>
> 9.15  Ingrid Alexander-Skipnes (Stavanger University College,
> Norway)  Choosing Poverty: Images of Saint Jerome in Sixteenth Century
> Northern Europe
>
> 9.45  Antony Kelly (University of London, University College)  Hard-Hearted
> Laughter: Representations of Peasants and Outcasts in 17th Century Dutch
> Painting
>
> 10.15  Joyce Goggin (University of Amsterdam, Netherlands)  Poverty and
> Painting: Picturing Card Players in the 17th Century
>
> 10.45  M.A. Katritzky  (University of Oxford/Open University)  "Monsieur
> Peeckelhaering", ca.1630: Frans Hals, Jan Steen and the English Players
> 11.15   Tea, Coffee, Biscuits
>
> 11.45  KEYNOTE LECTURE 3: Sean Shesgreen (University of Illinois, USA)   In
> Search of the Outcast: The Unpublished Cries of Paul Sandby and Hugh
> Douglas Hamilton
>
> 1.0     Conference Close
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ------------
> Alison Witton
> Departmental Secretary
> School of History and History of Art
> University of Aberdeen
> Kings College
> Regent Walk
> Aberdeen
> AB24 3FX
> Tel: 01224 273733
> Fax: 01224 272458
> [log in to unmask]

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Tom Nichols
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Programme
Friday 2 May 2003
12.30    Registration and Lunch (Crombie Dining Hall)

1.30  Welcome: Tom Nichols (University of Aberdeen)

SESSION 1:  ITALY (1)
Chair: Dr. Louise Bourdua (University of Aberdeen)

1.45      Debra Strickland (University of Edinburgh) Picturing
the Eschaton: Jews, Saracens and Others at the End of Time

2.15     Caspar Pearson (University of Essex)  Poulterers, Butchers and
Cooks:    Concepts of the 'Rabble' in Leon Battista Alberti's De re
aedificatoria and Momus

2.45     Federico Botana (University of London, Birkbeck College), The
Seven Acts of Mercy at the Dawn of the Modern Era.

3.15      Peter Higginson (University of Southampton) Poverty and Papal
Piety,   ca.1600: Processions, Spectacle and Painting

3.45        Tea, Coffee, Biscuits

4.15     Genevieve Warwick (University of Glasgow) Pasquinade: Public Art
and Popular Protest at Piazza Navona

5.00   KEYNOTE LECTURE 1:   Helen Langdon (British School at Rome)  Relics
of the Golden Age: Vagabond Philosophers
7.30    Drinks in Linklater Rooms, University of Aberdeen

8.0     Dinner in Linklater Rooms, University of Aberdeen

Saturday 3 May 2003

9.00 Late Registration and Coffee

SESSION 2: SPAIN
Chair:  Dr Phil Withington (University of Aberdeen)

9.30   Lisa E. Splittgerber (St. Cloud State University, USA) Somewhere
Between Eva and Ave: Soladeras, Serrenas and a Very Naughty Nun in the
Iberian Tradition

10.0    Janet Ravenscroft (University of London, Birkbeck College)
Looking for 'Estanislao': Examining the Representation of Dwarves and
Midgets in Hapsburg Spain

10.30  Carmen Fracchia (University of London, Birkbeck
College)  Constructing the Black Slave in Spanish Golden Age Painting

11.00-11.30 Tea, Coffee, Biscuits

11.30 Kathleen Ashley (University of Southern Maine, USA)  What Cultural
Theory Has to Say to Art History About Outcasts and Liminals


12.00   KEYNOTE LECTURE 2:  Peter Cherry  (Trinity College, Dublin) Murillo
and the Blessed Poor

1.00-2.15  Lunch

SESSION 3: ITALY (2)
Chair: TBA.

2.15     Philip Cottrell (University College, Dublin)  "Guess Who's (not)
Coming to Dinner?":  Interpretations of the Dives and Lazarus Theme in a
Venetian Context

2.45     Tessa Storey (London)  "The Life and Miserable End of the Whore":
Popular Images of Prostitution in Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century Italy

3.15     Livio Pestilli (Trinity College, Rome)  Blindness, Lameness and
Mendicancy in Italy (XIV-XVIII Centuries)

3.45    John Gash (University of Aberdeen) The Caravaggesque Toothpuller
4.15    Tea, Coffee and Biscuits

5.00      Neil Curtis (University of Aberdeen) Exotic Outcasts: Prestige
and Poverty in an XVIII Century Museum followed by an introduction to the
Conference Display (Linklater Room)

7.30  Conference Dinner (Details to Follow)

Sunday 4 May 2003

SESSION 4: THE NORTH
Chair:  Professor David Mannings  (University of Aberdeen)

9.15  Ingrid Alexander-Skipnes (Stavanger University College,
Norway)  Choosing Poverty: Images of Saint Jerome in Sixteenth Century
Northern Europe

9.45  Antony Kelly (University of London, University College)  Hard-Hearted
Laughter: Representations of Peasants and Outcasts in 17th Century Dutch
Painting

10.15  Joyce Goggin (University of Amsterdam, Netherlands)  Poverty and
Painting: Picturing Card Players in the 17th Century

10.45  M.A. Katritzky  (University of Oxford/Open University)  "Monsieur
Peeckelhaering", ca.1630: Frans Hals, Jan Steen and the English Players
11.15   Tea, Coffee, Biscuits

11.45  KEYNOTE LECTURE 3: Sean Shesgreen (University of Illinois, USA)   In
Search of the Outcast: The Unpublished Cries of Paul Sandby and Hugh
Douglas Hamilton

1.0     Conference Close






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Alison Witton
Departmental Secretary
School of History and History of Art
University of Aberdeen
Kings College
Regent Walk
Aberdeen
AB24 3FX
Tel: 01224 273733
Fax: 01224 272458
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