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Civic Artists and Court Artists (1300–1600). Case Studies and
Conceptual Ideas about the Status, Tasks and the Working Conditions of
Artists and Artisans

Der städtische Künstler und der Hofkünstler (1300–1600). Das Individuum
im Spannungsfeld zwischen Theorie und Praxis

Aux origines de l'artiste dans l'Europe médiéval et moderne
(1300–1600). Artistes à la ville et artistes à la cour

Paris, INHA, Centre André Chastel
Venue: Salle Vasari, Galerie
Colbert, 2, rue Vivienne, 75002 Paris
June 19 - 21, 2014

Registration deadline: Jun 9, 2014

This three-day symposium is organized by Prof. Dr. Dagmar Eichberger
(Trier University/ artifex) and Prof. Dr. Philippe Lorentz
(Paris-Sorbonne/ Centre André Chastel). The event is supported by the
Centre André Chastel, LABEX and ARTIFEX, an ERC-project at the
University of Trier. Enrolment for the symposium is free of charge.
Early registration is recommended because of limited seating. For
further particulars see below.

Symposium organizers:
Prof. Dr. Philippe Lorentz, Paris-Sorbonne / Centre André Chastel -
Prof. Dr. Dagmar Eichberger, Universität Trier, FB III Kunstgeschichte
& TAK/ SHARC.

Symposium registration via: [log in to unmask]
Deadline for registration : Monday 9 June 2014

Contact person: Dr. Anne-Julie Lafaye, Paris-Sorbonne

Hotels: The symposium office is not in a position to organize
accommodation. Participants are therefore kindly asked to make their
own provisions.

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SYMPOSIUM PROGRAMME

DAY 1: THURSDAY, 19 June 2014

9:00: Registration in the Foyer of INHA (2, rue Vivienne, 75002 Paris)

10:00-10:30
Welcome by Prof. Dr. Dany SANDRON (Paris-Sorbonne/ Centre André Chastel)
Introduction by Prof. Dr. Philippe LORENTZ (Paris-Sorbonne/ Centre
André Chastel) & Prof. Dr. Dagmar EICHBERGER (Trier University/ artifex)

10:30-12:30
SESSION 1: The status of the artist: Terminology and conditions [a]

Chair: Prof. Dr. Philippe LORENTZ (Paris-Sorbonne/ Centre André Chastel)

Dr. Sabine BERGER (Paris-Sorbonne): Artistes et maîtres d'œuvre au
service des conseillers royaux dans la France des années 1300

Dr. Ludovic NYS (Valenciennes University): Artiste de cour ou artiste
à la cour ? Le cas d'une petite cour sur les confins septentrionaux du
Royaume: le Hainaut des Avesnes et des Baviéres, 1280–1417

Dr. Thomas RAPIN (Poitiers University): Les artistes du bâtiment
installés à la cour du duc de Berry : Le témoignage des sources
contemporaines

DISCUSSION

12:30-13:45  LUNCH BREAK

14:00-16:00
SESSION 2: The status of the artist: Terminology and conditions (b)

Chair: Prof. Dr. Thomas MAISSEN (Paris, Deutsches Historisches
Institut)

Prof. Dr. Philippe LORENTZ (Paris-Sorbonne/ Centre André Chastel):
Peintre et valet de chambre: titre honorifique ou poste budgétaire?

Prof. Dr. Krista DE JONGE (Leuven University): The 'Emperor's Artists'
Between Court and the City in the Sixteenth-Century Low Countries

Dr. Natasja PEETERS (Brussels, Royal Military Museum): A guild's eye
view on art. Artistic production and the corporate world in Antwerp
(ca. 1550–1600).

DISCUSSION

16:00-17:00  Break

17:00-19:00
SESSION 3: Keynote Lecture

Introduction: Prof. Dr. Dagmar Eichberger (Trier University /artifex)

Prof. Dr. Andrew MORRALL (New York, Bard Graduate Center): Urban
Craftsmen and the Courts in Sixteenth-Century Germany
Discussion


DAY 2: Friday, 20 June 2014

9:00-10:45
SESSION 4: Architects and master builders

Chair: Prof. Dr. Dany Sandron (Paris-Sorbonne)

Dr. Bram VANNIEUWHUYZE (Leuven University) and Boris HOREMANS, M.A.
(Brussels, Université Libre/ HOST): Les anciens 'architects'
bruxellois (15ième – 17ième siècles): artistes-fonctionnaires ou
indépendants?

Dr. Susana ABREU (Porto University): Architects at court: Diego de
Sagredo, Francisco de Holanda and the artistic milieu in Spain and
Portugal, c. 1500–1550

Prof. Dr. Madelon SIMONS (Amsterdam University): The artists at the
Courts in Prague and Vienna in the Sixteenth Century

Discussion

10:45-11:30  Break

11:30-12:45
SESSION 5: The city and the city painter [a]

Chair: Prof. Dr. Dagmar EICHBERGER (Trier University/ artifex)

Prof. Dr. Jacob WISSE (New York, Stern College/Director, Yeshiva
University Museum): Civic Patronage and the Recognition of
Extraordinary Artistic Talent

Danica BRENNER, M.A. (Trier University/ artifex): Aufgabenfelder und
sozialer Status der Stadtmaler im 16. und 17. Jahrhundert

Discussion

12:45-13:45 Lunch break

14:00-15:15
SESSION 6: The city and the city painter [b]

Chair: Prof. Dr. Dagmar EICHBERGER (Trier University / artifex)

Dr. Katrin DYBALLA (Frankfurt, Städel): Zu Diensten der Stadt und des
Hofes: Georg Pencz (um 1500–1550) – Ein 'ehrbarer Diener' der
Reichsstadt Nürnberg

Tanja LEVY, M.A. (Paris-Sorbonne): 'Je ne vis que de mon mestier' : la
place des peintres dans la ville de Lyon (1460–1530)

Discussion

15:15-15:30 Short break

15:30–18:30
SESSION 7: The court – Craft as luxury industry

Chair: Prof. Dr. Anne-Marie Legaré (Lille-3, Université Charles de
Gaulle)

Dr. Michele TOMASI (Lausanne University): Cour et ville, commande et
marché : orfèvres et princes en France, autour 1400

Dr. Aleksandra SZEWCZYK (Wroc?aw University): Maître de corporation,
artiste à la cour, émissaire de Monseigneur l'évêque – sur les divers
emplois de Paul Nitsch, orfèvre à Wroclaw

Juliette ALLIX, M.A. (Paris-Sorbonne): Armuriers libres et armuriers
de Cour dans la Ville d'Innsbruck

Discussion

DAY 3: SATURDAY, 21 June 2014

9:30-12:30
SESSION 8: Change and innovation through migrant artists

Chair: Prof. Dr. Thomas Kirchner (Paris, Deutsches Forum für
Kunstgeschichte)

Dr. Rose-Marie FERRE (Paris-Sorbonne): Nicolas Froment, 'peintre du
roi de Sicile', un étranger à la cour du roi René

Prof. Dr. Susan MAXWELL (Oshkosh, University of Wisconsin): Lazy
Foreigners and Indignant Locals: Influence and Rivalry in Bavarian
Court Patronage

Discussion

10:45-11:15  Short break

11:15-12:30
Prof. Dr. Aleksandra LIPINSKA (Berlin, Technische Universität): 'Item
nach begerett S.F.G. einen gutten Niderlendischen Meurer Meister ...'.
Netherlandish artists and craftsmen at the court of Julius Duke of
Brunswick-Lüneburg

Julia TRINKERT, M.A. (Kiel University): Kunstproduktion in der Stadt
und am Hof. Zwei Szenarien im spätmittelalterlichen Mecklenburg

Discussion

12:30-13:45  Lunch break

14:00-15:00
SESSION 9: Guest of honor

Introduction: Prof. Dr. Dr. Andreas Tacke (Trier University / artifex)

Prof. Dr. em. Martin WARNKE (Hamburg University):
Künstlerische Initiativen deutscher Fürsten im 15. Jahrhundert

PANEL: Prof. Dr. Dagmar Eichberger, Prof. Dr. Philippe Lorentz, Prof.
Dr. Andreas Tacke

15:00-18:00
SESSION 10: Court and city – Mixed career paths

Chair: Dr. Birgit Ulrike MÜNCH (Trier University)
Olga VASSILIEVA-CODOGNET, M.A. (Paris, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en

Sciences Sociales): Entre la ville et la cour : Otto Vaenius ou le
prix de la liberté

Prof. Dr. Jeffrey CHIPPS SMITH (Austin, University of Texas): Wenzel
Jamnitzer: Famous yet free?

Discussion

16:15-16:45 Short break

16:45-18:00
Dr. Sandra DIEFENTHALER (Stuttgart, Staatsgalerie): Ein städtischer
Hofkünstler: Christoph Schwarz (um 1545–1592)

Dr. Ursula TIMANN (Trier University / artifex): Hofmaler und
Zunftmaler. Künstlerschicksale aus dem 16. und 17. Jahrhundert

Discussion

18:00-20:00: Drinks

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