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• 04 jui 2019

  Rome

  Call for papers - History

  Caging the sky: art, history and anthropology of aviaries

  Deeply rooted in the long history of technology, architectural construction, and the domestication and acclimatisation of animal species by humans, aviaries are an interdisciplinary research subject offering multiple approaches for studying both past and present bonds, connecting societies to their environment, to explore the place of birds in the collective imaginary, but also to appreciate the originality of works or constructions that were conceived in order to  represent, signify or house animal life. They make a spectacle of the flight of birds for the external observer and tend to celebrate the captivity of animals as a state of “semi-freedom”.

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• 27 mar 2019

  Rome

  Call for papers - History

  Fake news. Counterfeit art and information: the manipulation of reality between artistic production and historical-critical investigation

  VII giornata di studi dottorali del Rome Art History Network (RAHN)

  Il tema delle fake news è di grande attualità e rilevanza per i mezzi e i fini con cui queste vengono messe in circolazione: esse hanno il potere di alterare la realtà e diffondere notizie prive di fondamento. Invero, la manipolazione delle notizie e delle immagini è sempre stata presente nelle discipline umanistiche, mossa da intenti encomiastici, sociologici o politici. La giornata dottorale del 2019 vuole indagare la modalità in cui l’alterazione del messaggio è stata assunta come verità nella storia dell’arte. Si intende analizzare l’iter del processo artistico e la conseguente creazione delle fake news: così, dall’idea della committenza si passa all’elaborazione dell’artista fino ad arrivare alla ricezione del pubblico. L’oggetto artistico diventa, dunque, veicolo di una realtà alterata. Spaziando dall’antichità al contemporaneo, il convegno vuole mettere in risalto le diverse metodologie impiegate dai dottorandi per delegittimare le fake news nella storia dell’arte.

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• 18 déc 2017

  Rome

  Call for papers - Representation

  The italian fascism through the prism of contemporary arts

  Reinterpretations, montages, deconstructions

   

  In a more or less explicit way, daily news bring to our attention the survival of forms and values which rely on fascist imagery. Thinking about fascism through the prism of contemporary arts means to deal with a term whose significance has to be read at least in a double sense: on one hand, the historical experience of the regime that ruled Italy from 1922 to 1943; on the other hand, by extension, the very form of totalitarian power. Contemporary arts’ gaze seems to work on these two different albeit related topics: the Italian fascism as historical event (faced with all the troubles of its memories), and the fascism as the fundamental process of power’s relationship and rituals.

   

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• 15 mai 2017

  Rome

  Call for papers - History

  The art of battle - visual strategies of the battlefield from the Renaissance to the present day

  Stratégies visuelles de la scène de bataille de la Renaissance à nos jours

  Comment les artistes depuis la Renaissance ont-ils mis en espace ou en séquence temporelle le récit guerrier de manière à susciter une expérience du regard, voire une expérience physique de l’événement chez le spectateur ? De la peinture de la Renaissance au cinéma contemporain, ce colloque entend retracer la mise en images de la bataille selon différents médiums, en étudiant l'ambition politique, voire éthique, de cette immersion visuelle dans l'événement militaire. 

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• 25 jan 2015

  Rome

  Call for papers - Europe

  Heraldry in the Medieval City – The Case of Italy in the European Context

  A visitor passing through Italy is surprised by the abundance of coats of arms that still decorate the palaces and public monuments of its cities. Relatively undisturbed by the tides of history that destroyed a lot of Europe's heraldic heritage, in the Italian cities this heritage is still alive and well. While the development of heraldic signs occasionally caught the eye of historians and art historians, they have never done justice to the multitude and diversity of the existing sources. Recently, however, research has taken an interest in the subject with renewed vigour and approaches, especially in the case of Italy. The aim of this conference is to establish the current state of research and to advance the subject by linking more closely the history of heraldic communication and the history of cities. To do so, the Italian example shall be put into a European perspective.

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• 28 fév 2015

  Rome

  Call for papers - Representation

  The dream and fantasy of Italy

  Studiolo journal 12

  Depuis le fantasme de l’Italie idéale ou au contraire l'image de la malavita, l’allégorie ou la caricature, en passant par la célébration ou le monument (durant le Risorgimento), les Italie(s) sont multiples. Studiolo souhaite constituer un dossier qui rendrait compte de quelques-unes de ces visions et mythologies de l’Italie, de la Renaissance à nos jours.

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