CALL FOR PAPERS - PLEASE CIRCULATE
Apologies for the inevitable cross-postings
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Conception : Reception
Association of Art Historians Annual Conference
University of Bristol
Friday 31 March - Sunday 2 April 2005
Renaissance material culture - conceptions and receptions
The last few years have seen a significant increase in the attention paid
to the material culture of the Renaissance. Yet we still know very little
about how the vast majority of objects and furnishings whether elaborate,
plain, expensive, or cheap were regarded by their contemporaries over that
period.
This session invites papers which redress this balance, investigating the
attitudes of people to their material surroundings during the
Renaissance for example, why were certain objects and furnishings
acquired, or what meanings might they have held for their users, owners and
makers? We are particularly but by no means exclusively interested in the
conceptions to be found amongst the lower social and economic levels of
society and other under-explored groups, such as prostitutes, bachelors,
peasants, soldiers or priests.
We also seek papers which address how the material culture of the
Renaissance has been received since its creation and first use. For
example, reception may take the form of redeployment and re-use of objects
in the Renaissance, or more recently. Or papers might analyse how
Renaissance material culture has been treated in subsequent histories of
art, design, or visual and material culture.
Please send a 250-word abstract to either of the organisers at the
addresses below. We will circulate a deadline for proposals as soon as the
conference organisers have sent us one.
Paula Hohti
University of Sussex
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Rupert Shepherd
Ashmolean Museum
Oxford OX1 2PH
U.K.
Tel. +44 (0)1865 278050
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AAH next year is the week before the Renaissance Society of America's
annual conference, which will be held in Cambridge (UK). We therefore hope
that those of you outside the UK will consider taking this opportunity to
send us an abstract with a view to attending both conferences - you would
also have sufficient time between them for a little sightseeing or trips to
a few libraries.
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