Sort

By publication date

By relevance

• 01 oct 2020

  Call for papers - Urban studies

  Dominion of the Sacred

  Image, Cartography, Knowledge of the City after the Council of Trent ("In_bo" vol. 12, no. 16)

  Between the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the Italian political geography was polarized by a number of cities of different sizes and traditions: Rome and Florence, Milan and Naples, Genoa and Venice, Turin and Modena, either ancient republics or new dynastic capitals, satellites of the great European monarchies or small Signorias. The conjunction — less frequently the conflict — between the mandates of the Council of Trent and the interests of the ruling élites of those cities set the foundation for novel forms of social, cultural and spiritual control, fostering new urban structures and policies, deeply conditioned by the presence and government of the sacred.

  Read announcement

• 31 jui 2020

  Paris

  Call for papers - Early modern

  Imaginary places, real territories

  Territorial imagery and the creation of a Dutch identity (1579-1702)

  This two-day symposium aims to shed light on the ways in which Dutch depictions of national and transnational territories participated in the formulation of a shared identity. Multidisciplinary discussions will allow us to examine the terms of territorial imagery in Dutch visual culture, and their links with the formation of a national myth in the Early Modern Dutch Republic.

  Read announcement

• 10 mai 2020

  Lisbon

  Call for papers - Economy

  Congregation of the Oratory of Saint Philip Neri: Art and Culture

  We are encouraging academic researchers and independent scholars to present their paper proposals for the international conference Congregation of the Oratory of Saint Philip Neri: Art & Culture, to debate on Oratorian art (architecture, painting, sculpture, music, etc.) through all periods and geographical areas.

  Read announcement

• 05 jan 2019

  Call for papers - Early modern

  Construction Techniques and Writings on Architecture in Renaissance and Early Modern Europe

  Thematic issue of the journal Opus Incertum (Florence University Press)

  The 2020 issue of the open access journal Opus Incertum (Florence University Press) aims to examine, through selected case studies, the complex relationship between construction practices and architectural writings in Renaissance and early modern Europe. Situated at the crossroads of several disciplines (architectural history, history of science and technology, history of literature), the subject can be approached from different perspectives. To begin with, confrontations of texts on construction techniques with the material realities of extant buildings may reveal, for specific contexts, to what extent these texts operated as vehicles for the transmission of technical know-how, and how much weight they gave to topoi borrowed from ancient authors. 

   

  Read announcement

• 15 déc 2015

  Münster

  Call for papers - Representation

  Heraldry in Medieval and Early Modern State-Rooms

  Towards a Typology of Heraldic Programmes in Spaces of Self-Representation

  Heraldry was an ubiquitous element of state-rooms. Whether in palaces of kings and princes, castles of noblemen, residences of patricians, city halls or in cathedral chapters, heraldic display was a crucial element in  the visual programme of these spaces. Despite its omnipresence, however, heraldic display in state-rooms remains largely understudied so far. This workshop aims to explore these heraldic programmes in state-rooms in medieval and early modern Europe and to suggest an initial typology of this phenomenon. 

  Read announcement

• 26 fév 2015

  27 fév 2015

  Brussels | Namur

  Conference, symposium - Early modern

  Building techniques in writings on architecture between Italy, France and the Low Countries

  Les techniques constructives dans les écrits d’architecture entre Italie, France et anciens Pays-Bas

  This conference focuses on the connection between architectural theory and construction techniques. The first part deals with the analysis of technical descriptions, their relationship with building practice, their rhetorical value, and their international circulation and adaptation. It comprises case studies from Italy, France, and the Low Countries. The second part approaches the same problem in a comparative perspective and takes the form of round-table discussions structured around three themes: the relationship between technical writings and construction practices, the literary aspects of technical digressions, and the translation and adaptation of Italian treatises.

  Read announcement

• 15 jui 2011

  Paris

  Call for papers - Representation

  Translating Architecture

  Appel à contributions pour une journée d’étude organisée par le Centre d’histoire des Techniques et de l’Environnement (CDHTE, CNAM) et l’Institut national d’histoire de l’art (INHA) : traduire l’architecture (XVIIe-XIXe siècle). Cette journée d’étude organisée le 15 décembre 2011 par le CDHTE et l’INHA fait suite à une première journée sur le même thème qui s’est tenue le 13 novembre 2010. Une troisième journée est prévue en septembre 2012. Ce cycle donnera lieu à une publication. Call for Papers: Translating Architecture (XVIIth-XIXth centuries). A conference organised by the Centre for the History of Techniques and the Environment (CDHTE, CNAM) and the National Institute of Art History (INHA). This conference, organised for December 15 2011 by the CDHTE and the INHA, follows an initial conference on the same theme that took place on November 13 2010. A third conference is planned for September 2012. The conference series will lead to a publication.

  Read announcement