The Department of the History of Art at the University of California,
Riverside announces a tenure-track position (Assistant Professor) for
a historian of Renaissance Art and Architecture.

We seek a scholar whose work examines Renaissance art and
architecture in the broad context of the early modern world and the
revival of ancient precedents, addresses innovative methods and
themes emerging in early modern studies, and is interdisciplinary and
comparative.  Duties include participation in developing a proposal
for a Ph.D. program, teaching courses ranging from lower division
surveys to graduate seminars, advising, and service.  Related UCR
departments and programs in the field include History, English,
Comparative Literature, Dance, and Music.

Ph.D. required.  Teaching experience, a strong commitment to teaching
excellence and a promising record of research and publication are
required.  Send letter of application, curriculum vitae, writing
sample (30 pages maximum) and three letters of recommendation to
Conrad Rudolph, Chair, Renaissance Search Committee, History of Art
Department, University of California Riverside, 900 University Ave.,
Riverside, CA 92521-0319.

Review of applications will begin December 1, 2007 and continue until 
the position is filled.  Salary commensurate with education and 
experience. Position begins July 1, 2008.

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Utrecht University, Faculty of Arts and the Humanities
The Research Institute for History and Culture in collaboration with
the University of Amsterdam and the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam offers one
full time PhD position (project 1) and two part time PhD positions
(project 2) within the research project The Impact of Oil. A History
of Oil painting in the Low Countries and the Consequences for the
Visual Arts, 1350-1550. Deadline for applications: 15th october 2007


3 PhD-researchers (1,0 fte and 2 x 0,5 fte)

Job description
This research project, financed by the Netherlands Organization for
Scientific Research (NWO) investigates the history and effects of the
(re-)introduction of oil based media in the painter's workshop
between 1350-1550. Particular attention is paid to the relation
between painting techniques and the pictorial grammar of emerging
visual realism, and the impact of oil on other artistic genres and
art theoretical discourses (for the full project description,
individual projects and the members of the research team, go to
www.clericus.org/impact.html)

Project 1 (full time PhD)
The Eyckian turning-point: technical and stylistic innovations in oil
painting 1410-1490.
Even though oil paint was in use long before 1400, the revolutionary
use of the medium by the Van Eyck's and their contemporaries started
a fascinating process in which oil painting techniques disseminated
from the Low Countries to regions all over Europe. Parallel to the
introduction of the new medium, particular pictorial motifs and
effects (e.g. panoramic views, reflections, meticulous rendering of
materials like brocade, hair etc.) migrated from the Low Countries to
Italian, Spanish and German workshops. In some cases, medium and
motif traveled together, in others, the visual effect of oil was
emulated using other methods.

The PhD will investigate and describe the possible relation between
the oil medium, specific painting techniques and (some) pictorial
motifs during the period of 1410-1490. The research combines a
historiographical approach with the exploration of available
technical research, written sources on painting techniques and early
modern art theoretical sources.

The PhD will fully participate within the research group of the
project, consisting of two other PhD's, one Post-Doc, and four senior
researchers. This involves regular meetings with the group,
contribution to the project database (A compendium of sources about
workshop practices related to painting with oil-based media in the
Netherlands up to 1600), teamwork on specific topics (i.e. technical
investigation of particular paintings), and some administrative and
coordination tasks (i.e. for project conferences).

Project 2 (two half time PhD research-restorers)
New visions, new methods. Changes in the craft of oil painting in the
Low Countries, 1430-1500 and 1500-1540.
In this project, innovative and traditional aspects of the pictorial
and technical vocabulary of the period around 1500 will be studied
through the investigation of a corpus of ca. 25 carefully chosen key
works in European public collections. Technical examination of the
paintings in situ is preferably carried out with non-destructive
methods. However, it is the express intention to determine
differences in the sequence and structure of paint layers in order to
explain diversity, changes and evolution in the technical approaches
towards specific pictorial effects and motives. The goal of this
project is to provide a better understanding of the development and
changes in pictorial realism from the Van Eyck's to the generation of
the Bruegel's on the grounds of technical research.

The two PhD's will perform technical investigation of the paintings
together with members of the research-team and meet regularly with
all members to discuss their findings. They will select, collect and
analyze data, and add to the project database (A compendium of
sources about workshop practices related to painting with oil-based
media in the Netherlands up to 1600). Both dissertations will be
devoted to aspects of the development of the craft of oil painting in
the Low Countries, one for the period 1430-1500 and the other for the
period 1500-1540, based on the results of the technical research of
specific works. The precise scope of the individual projects will be
fixed in dialogue with the candidates within a year after their
nomination.

Qualifications
Project 1
We are looking for an excellent and dedicated researcher in the
possession of a master's degree in the field of Art History. The
candidate must be able to demonstrate knowledge of the relevant
period, early modern art theory, and technical art history. The
successful applicant is able to synthesize detailed results within
the broader scope of the project and has sufficient passive knowledge
of the languages relevant to the study of the regions and period.

Project 2
We are looking for two excellent and dedicated researchers in the
possession of a Master's Degree or equivalent training in restoration
(i.e. SRAL). Candidates must have some experience with technical
research, and can demonstrate art historical knowledge of the
relevant period as well as capacity to do historical research.

Terms of employment
The salary for a PhD starts at € 1,956.- in the first year to €
2,502.- in the fourth year gross per month on a full-time basis.

Project 1
We offer a full-time PhD contract for one year starting 1 January
2008. After a positive evaluation the contract can be extended to a
maximum of four years. The PhD candidate is required to finish the
PhD thesis within the four-year period.
The PhD will be based in Utrecht at the Research Institute for
History and Culture (OGC), home to over 300 national and
international researchers in the historical city centre (for more
general information see www2.hum.uu.nl/Solis/ogc/english/)

Project 2
We offer a half time PhD contract with the University of Amsterdam
for one year starting 1 January 2008. After a positive evaluation the
contract can be extended to a maximum of five years. The PhD
candidates are required to finish the PhD thesis within the five-year
period. Both PhD's will be based at the new Amsterdam University/
Rijksmuseum Amsterdam Research facilities.

Further details
For further information about the PhD position of project 1 please
contact prof. Jeroen Stumpel ([log in to unmask]) or dr. Ann-
Sophie Lehmann ([log in to unmask])
For further information regarding the PhD positions of project 2
please contact prof. Jan Piet Filedt Kok ([log in to unmask])

You can also look at www.let.uu.nl/ogc/vacatures

How to apply

The deadline for applications for all positions is October 15th 2007.
The interviews will take place in Utrecht on November 7th and 8th 2007
The application consists of a letter stating your qualifications and
suitability for the position. Please include a full curriculum vitae,
certified copies of relevant diploma's, a transcript of academic
results, a copy of the Master thesis example(s) of published work,
and contact details of two referees (names, affiliations, phone
number and e-mail addresses). Please mark your application with the
number 68739-project 1 or 68739-project 2 of the position advertised.

Please send your application and your MA thesis in digital form to
the e-mail address [log in to unmask]

Please send publications separately in print form to mrs. M. Kluver,
Personeel en Organisatie, faculteit Geesteswetenschappen, Kromme
Nieuwegracht 46, 3512 HJ Utrecht, The Netherlands.


Publication date

24-09-2007

www.uu.nl/uupublish/homeuu/homeenglish/working/vacancies/25678main.html

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Ashgate Publishing

VISUAL CULTURE IN EARLY MODERNITY
Series Editor: Allison Levy

A forum for the critical inquiry of the visual arts in the early modern 
world, Visual Culture in Early Modernity promotes new models of inquiry 
and new narratives of early modern art and its history. We welcome 
proposals for both monographs and essay collections which consider the 
cultural production and reception of images and objects. The range of 
topics covered in this series includes, but is not limited to, painting, 
sculpture and architecture as well as material objects, such as domestic 
furnishings, religious and/or ritual accessories, costume, 
scientific/medical apparata, erotica, ephemera and printed matter. We 
seek innovative investigations of western and non-western visual culture 
produced between 1400 and 1800.


SERIES EDITOR:
Allison Levy
History of Art Department
University College London
Gower Street
London WC1E 6BT
UK

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