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Oxford Art History Seminar Michaelmas (Autumn) Term 2007 Wednesday 14 November, 5:00 pm, Dr Charles Robertson (Oxford Brookes University): "Xanto and Michelangelo: Parallel Practices in Elite Culture" Wednesday 28 November, 5:00 pm, Dr Fabrizio Nevola (Oxford Brookes University): "Rewriting the City's Pasts in Stone: Humanists, Antiquarians and the Built Fabric of Renaissance Siena" Headley Lecture Theatre, Ashmolean Museum, Beaumont Street, Oxford Dr Marika Leino, Department of History of Art, Oxford University Dr Christiana Payne, School of Humanities, Oxford Brookes University Dr Catherine Whistler, Ashmolean Museum ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Oxford Italian Association Lectures Wednesday 14 November, 7:30 for 8:00 pm: Dr David Boswell: "Piero della Francesca (c.1417-92): court painter and muralist" £1 for members, £3 for non-members, students under thirty admitted free Mary Ogilvie Theatre, St Anne's College, Oxford ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Institute of Historical Research LATE-MEDIEVAL & EARLY-MODERN ITALY Thursday, 11 October, 5:00 pm, Barry Collett: "Was Tito Livio Frulovisi’s tract De Republica, a new mirror-for-princes, read by More and Machiavelli?" Thursday, 25 October, 5:00 pm, Rosa Salzberg: "'In the mouths of charlatans': Performers and cheap print in Cinquecento Venice" Thursday, 8 November, 5:00 pm, Guy Geltner: "Brethren behaving badly: a deviant approach to medieval anti-fraternalism" Thursday, 6 December, 5:00 pm, Lucy Whitaker: "Polidoro da Caravaggio's Cupid and Psyche panels: The antique, Raphael and a Neapolitan palace" 3rd-floor Seminar Room, IHR, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1 Convenors: Trevor Dean and Kate Lowe ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Iconography of Slavery in Europe, 1500-1800 The Warburg Institute, 23-24 November 2007 In this anniversary year of the ending of the slave trade by Britain, attention has focused on the imagery of abolitionism. But slavery had long before been a familiar motif of European art. It was associated with triumph and conquest, metaphorical as well as literal, religious as well as political. From the early sixteenth century, naked and chained captives are found crouching at the base of monuments and title-pages, while architecturally enslaved figures (Caryatids/Atlantes) proliferate as column substitutes. Increasingly, the reality of slavery impinges on these iconographic formulae; initially in relation to Turkish galley slaves, and then, overwhelmingly, with reference to black Africans. The aim of this conference is to examine, through significant themes and works, the continuities and disruptions in the imagery of enslavement between the Renaissance and the Abolitionist movement. Topics and speakers Metaphors and Traditions (Elizabeth McGrath, Charles Robertson, Jean-Luc Liez) Turks, Moors and Monuments (Jean Michel Massing, Rick Scorza, Jennifer Montagu, Anthea Brook) Spain and the Netherlands (Carmen Fracchia, Elmer Kolfin, Ernst van den Boogaart) The Limits of Enlightenment (Hendrik Ziegler, Meredith Gamer, David Bindman, Temi Odumosu) Full programme at: http://warburg.sas.ac.uk Registration fee: £10.00 (students £5.00) For further information contact: Elizabeth Witchell The Warburg Institute School of Advanced Study Woburn Square London WC1H OAB e-mail: Elizabeth. [log in to unmask] Tel: +44 (0)20 7862 8909 Fax: +44 (0)20 7862 8955 A colloquium organized by the Warburg Institute, with the support of the British Academy ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Encyclopedia of Furnishing Textiles, Floorcoverings and Home Furnishing Practices 1200-1950 Clive Edwards Lund Humphries October 2007 260 x 248 mm, 312 pages 153 illustrations, 12 in colour ISBN 978-0-7546-3265-8 Hardback £75.00 The Encyclopedia of Furnishing Textiles is an accessible and comprehensive reference work describing the furnishing textiles, soft furnishings and floor coverings used in Western domestic interiors over the period 1200-1950. Included with the descriptions and histories are details of the manufacture, distribution and consumption of furnishing goods. The Encyclopedia incorporates details of most Historic furnishing practices (which have often been dealt with individually), and benefits from extensive consultation of primary or out-of-print sources to show how the products were viewed historically. The book includes nearly 1200 entries covering generic topics such as: woven textiles, printed textiles, embroidered textiles, tapestry, painted cloths, yarns, dyes, carpets, rugs, non-woven fabrics, oil-cloths, wall materials, upholstery materials, loose covers, trimmings (passementeries), beds, cushions, and many more. Entries vary according to their role and importance but usually include a description, historical explanations of use, technical details, and primary and secondary source material . A companion volume to the author's Encyclopedia of Furniture Materials, Trades and Techniques, this book will be an essential resource for students, historians, curators, textile designers, interior designers, conservators and collectors. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dominican Women and Renaissance Art: The Convent of San Domenico at Pisa Edited by Ann Roberts, Lake Forest College, USA Ashgate January 2008, c.350 pages 86 b&w illustrations ISBN 978-0-7546-5530-5 Hardback c. £65.00 Ann Roberts here identifies and examines thirty objects from the convent of San Domenico of Pisa, commissioned for and made by fifteenth-century nuns. Roberts analyzes the social and religious functions of the images, firmly grounding her interpretation in the values of the nuns’ Order, and in the political and social concerns of their city. A catalogue of works is included, and previously unpublished related documents are presented in the appendix.