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CALL FOR PAPERS
_Correspondances_: exchanges and tensions between art, theatre and
opera in France, c.1750-1850
National Gallery, London, 26-27 March 2010 (in collaboration with the
University of Nottingham: Institute for Research in Visual Culture
(NIRVC) and Centre for Music on Stage and Screen (MOSS))
This conference will explore a rich field of interdisciplinary
research, that of the relations between art, theatre and opera in
France from the later 18C to the mid 19C. As key elements in Parisian
cultural life, art, theatre and opera all underwent extensive changes
during this period, adapting and responding to profound socio-
political disruption and transformation from the Revolution to the
Second Republic. Painting, theatre and opera all shared concerns with
the representation of compelling narrative, and more specifically with
choices regarding contemporary or historic subjects. One aspect of
this dynamic situation was the highly permeable interface/threshold
that existed between different media.
We aim:
. to map interchanges between stage(s) and canvas, and the role of
imagery in stage productions;
. to identify intermediaries in transmitting design to and from the
stage and painting;
. to analyse attitudes and assumptions regarding interplay between
media in theoretical and critical writing;
. to assess the recoverability of the visual components of theatre and
opera.
Major themes which unite the two art forms include:
. the representation of history
. the nature of spectacle and illusion
. narrative and temporality
. the role of criticism
The conference will complement a major exhibition at the National
Gallery on Paul Delaroche, an artist whose imagery has, from the time
of its creation, been closely associated with crossover between
painting and the stage. Delegates will have the opportunity to
participate in a private viewing to explore issues articulated during
the conference.
Invited speakers include:
. Prof Stephen Bann, University of Bristol (also a curator of the
exhibition)
. Prof Beth Wright, University of Texas at Arlington
. Prof Tom Grey, Stanford University
. Prof Mark Ledbury, The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute
. Prof David Charlton, Royal Holloway, University of London
We welcome proposals for papers (30 mins), which might relate to the
following topics:
'Le théâtral': virtue or vice?
Special effects
Audience and spectator
Representing history
Gesture and attitude
The role of genres: innovation and
hybridisation
Critics and criticism
Set and costume design
Performers and their iconography
Tableaux and temporality
Authenticity and illusion
Spectacle and excess
Abstracts of c.250 words should be sent to both conference organisers,
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Programme and full conference details will be available at: www.nottingham.ac.uk/moss
and www.nottingham.ac.uk/nirv
Dr Sarah Hibberd (Music Dept) and Prof Richard Wrigley (Art History
Dept), University of Nottingham
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Dr J. P. E. Harper-Scott
Senior Lecturer
Department of Music
Royal Holloway, University of London
Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX, Great Britain
http://www.rhul.ac.uk/Music/jpeh-s.html
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