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Members of the list may be interested in the following call for papers: CALL FOR PAPERS: >"Beyond the Sitter: The Material Culture of Medieval Portraits, ca. >1200-1500 CE." Session at the 2004 College Art Association's Annual >Conference (Seattle, WA, February 18-21, 2004) >A record number of portraits dating to ca. 1200-1500 CE survive from across >the Mediterranean world, featuring representations of contemporary >historical persons. This rich body of visual material offers a unique >opportunity to examine what during these centuries constituted an >individual's portrait, and how perceptions varied within a single culture >and among the neighboring cultures of Byzantium, Islam and the Medieval >West. This session encourages the examination of methodological approaches >to the study of Medieval image-making, as well as attention to the ways in >which material culture incorporated within a portrait - such as the >subject's dress and attributes - define identity. These and like >considerations take us beyond a simple identification of the sitter, to >consider larger cultural contexts in which a portrait was created and >viewed. >Session sponsored by the International Center of Medieval Art (ICMA); >Co-Chairs: Jennifer Ball, Princeton University, and Sarah Brooks, >Metropolitan Museum of Art; Submit abstracts by 5/12/03 to: >[log in to unmask], Medieval Art Dept., Metropolitan Museum, 1000 >Fifth Ave., NY, NY 10028-0198, Fax 212-570-3866 > >For further information on this session, please contact the co-chairs: >[log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]; for information on the 2004 All best wishes, Ann __________________________________ Ann Matchette 20 Aubrey House 7 Maida Avenue London W2 1TQ United Kingdom