RSA, Chicago, 30 March-1 April 2017
Family Archives, Families in the Archives
When researching in the Archives scholars may come across documents that
relate to the history and life of families. Although these documents are
often part of family archives, they can also be scattered among civic
and public repositories. These documents are an invaluable source of
investigation: when put into context, they can advance our
understanding of the political, cultural and social life of a family at
a given time and place. In some instances, in fact, family documents may
be the only extant traces of an otherwise lost history, and unearthing
these papers can help us posing further research questions and exploring
new research approaches.
Focusing on the use of primary sources, this panel, or series of panels,
seeks to explore the importance of family archives and the documents
kept within them in the Renaissance period. Possible topics include, but
are not limited to:
- family history
- women’s history
- material culture
- artistic patronage and matronage
- politics
- religion
- economics
Organizers: Irene Mariani (University of Edinburgh) and Elena Brizio
(Georgetown University - Fiesole Campus).
Please send your paper title, abstract (150-words maximum), CV (300 word
maximum), and keywords to Elena Brizio [log in to unmask] by 25 May
2016 the latest.
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Della Robbia and Beyond: Glazed Terracotta Sculpture of the Italian
Renaissance
The past thirty-five years have seen a vibrant renewal of interest in
the medium of glazed terracotta sculpture, developed in the 1430s by
the Florentine artist Luca della Robbia and produced for roughly a
century by the Della Robbia and Buglioni workshops. Recent work by art
historians and conservators has shed light on the high degree of
technical mastery required to make these works, emphasized the
inventiveness with which each generation of artists explored and
manipulated the medium’s expressive potential, and extended analysis of
these products beyond their birthplace in Florence. In 2016-2017, the
first American exhibition of Della Robbia sculpture will be held at the
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the National Gallery of Art,
Washington, D.C. In conjunction with this event, our session seeks
papers which examine glazed terracotta sculpture from the points of
view of art history, conservation, and collecting.
Paper topics might include, but are not limited to:
- The varied approaches of artists ranging from the Della Robbia to
Giovanni Francesco Rustici to the medium of glazed terracotta
- Values and associations communicated by glazed terracotta in
particular contexts (e.g., devotional, domestic, civic)
- Workshop organization and practice
- Nineteenth- and twentieth-century collecting, study, and display of
glazed terracotta
- New questions or approaches raised by recent conservation studies
Please submit a 150-word abstract with your paper title, keywords, and
a short CV by May 27, 2016 to Catherine Kupiec
([log in to unmask]) and Rachel Boyd ([log in to unmask]).
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