CFP: Copies of Paintings in Portugal, Spain and the New World (Lisbon, 11-12 Oct 16)

 

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International Congress, Lisbon, Fundação Gulbenkian
11-12 October 2016

Deadline: 29 April 2016

The international congress Copies of Paintings in Portugal, Spain and the New World, 1552-1752 invites reconsideration of the topic of the copy in these territories over the course of these two centuries. The period covered begins in 1552, the year in which Antonio Moro arrived in Portugal, and ends in 1752, when the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando was established in Madrid. To a certain extent, these events mark the beginning and end of the history of the copy during the Early Modern Period in the Iberian world. This time period also includes the period of sixty years during which Portugal and Spain were unified under the same government owing to the turns of dynastic succession, the so called period of the “two Philips” (1580-1640).

Members of the academic community are invited to submit their proposals for this conference before 29 April 2016. Please email abstract proposals (up to 20 lines), including a brief CV (1 page), to copimonarch@gmail.com.  Papers will be accepted in Portuguese, Spanish, and English. The committee will inform of their selection to all the applicants in June 2016. A registration fee of 50 € will be required to all participants. The selected speakers will have the option of submitting their papers for publication in a special issue of the journal Revista de História da Arte –Serie W (http://revistaharte.fcsh.unl.pt/), due to appear in 2017. Papers for publication will have to comply with the journal’s editorial guidelines, including peer review.

Further information: please click here.

 

Al-Andalus: Intensive Summer Course (Cordoba)

Al-Andalus

Al-Andalus, Problems and Perspectives
CASA ÁRABE, CORDOBA
25-30 JULY 2016

This Intensive Summer Course held in Casa Árabe Cordoba will introduce English speakers to the fascinating history of al-Andalus. Specialists from different Spanish academic institutions will guide a select group of students in a series of seminar-style intensive classes throughout a week-long course.

Together we will explore the political, social and economic aspects of this history, examine the intellectual and artistic developments and achievements that the civilization of al-Andalus reached, and look at its various contemporary meanings and legacies. Students will be familiarized with various types of sources, textual and material remains, and the relevant scholarship in order to reach a better understanding of al-Andalus.

VENUE

The choice of the Casa Árabe in Cordoba as the venue for the course hardly needs any explanation. It is housed in the beautiful Casa Mudejar, a 14-16th century building whose restoration received the World Heritage City Award 2011 from the Spanish Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports. The Casa is located at a three-minute walk from the Mosque-Cathedral.

INTENDED STUDENTS AND COURSE STRUCTURE

The course is directed at university students and scholars who – regardless of their specialization – want to become familiar with the most relevant issues related to the history of al-Andalus. Taught in English, it aims at guiding the participants to the wide range of scholarly research on al-Andalus. Thirty students will be selected from among the applicants (for the application procedure see below and click here).

Students are not required to have knowledge of Arabic or any other language except English; for those who are proficient in Arabic, guidance in the Arabic sources will be provided as a complement.

A basic bibliography of studies in English will be provided once the selection of students has been made and registration has been finalized. The students selected are expected to become familiar with that bibliography before the beginning of the course. A more comprehensive bibliography, including the most relevant studies in a variety of languages, will be provided during the course.

In each class unit (2 hours), the teachers will provide a brief outline of the topic dealt with and devote the rest of the class to reading texts (in English translation) illuminating some salient aspects of the respective topic.

As the course is intensive and text-oriented, students are required to be present at each class. An attendance certificate will correspondingly be provided. For those interested in producing a research paper, assignments will be given and upon submission (within six months) an examination certificate can be obtained.

SCHEDULE

The course will take place during the last week of July, from Monday 25 to Saturday 30, with a total of 30 hours. On Saturday morning, class will be held in the Umayyad palatine town of Madinat al-Zahra’. The course will be completed by two archeological workshops on Wednesday and Friday morning.

 

CFP: MEDIEVAL HISPANIC RESEARCH SEMINAR: XXV COLLOQUIUM

 

MEDIEVAL HISPANIC RESEARCH SEMINAR
SCHOOL OF LANGUAGES, LINGUISTICS AND FILM
QUEEN MARY, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON
23–24 JUNE 2016
XXV COLLOQUIUM
CALL FOR PAPERS: Deadline: 25 April 2016

Papers concerning any aspect of the literature, language, history and culture of the Iberian Peninsula in the Middle Ages will be considered. They will be delivered in either English or Spanish and will last a maximum of twenty minutes.

Proposals should be sent in the body of an email to mhrscolloquium@qmul.ac.uk by 25 April 2016. Please include name and institutional affiliation (as you wish them to appear on the programme), and a title and abstract of no more than 150 words.

Authors will receive confirmation of acceptance of proposals and details of registration via email after 6 May. Should you need a letter of confirmation please indicate this in your proposal email and provide full contact details.

Applications deadline, 18 March 2016: EEHAR-CSIC / Museo Nacional del Prado

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EEHAR-CSIC / Museo Nacional del Prado

Deadline: Friday, 18 March 2016!

La Escuela Española de Historia y Arqueología en Roma-CSIC y el Museo Nacional del Prado comienzan una colaboración científica para promover iniciativas dirigidas a jóvenes investigadores en los campos de la Historia, la Historia del Arte y las Ciencias Humanas. La primera de ellas es la organización de un Taller dedicado a las Geografías de la pintura barroca, un encuentro entre especialistas de este campo y jóvenes investigadores que tendrá lugar en la Escuela Española de Historia y Arqueología en Roma entre los días 10 y 12 de mayo de 2016.
For more information, click here.

Eduardo Chillida (Wrocław, Poland)

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Sounds: Eduardo Chillida

BWA AvantGarda Gallery, Wrocław, Poland
15 January – 13 March 2016

As part of Wrocław’s year as European Capital of Culture, twinned with the Basque city of San Sebastián, the Polish city  showing work by the Basque 20th-century sculptor, Eduardo Chillida. The exhibition focusses on the inspiration offered by his work to contemporary musicians.

 

Still Lifes from the Spanish Golden Age (Barcelona)

Maestro de Stirling-Maxwell, Still Life with Basket of Fruits, Pumpkin and Grapes, ca. 1615-1625 (Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya)
Maestro de Stirling-Maxwell, Still Life with Basket of Fruits, Pumpkin and Grapes, ca. 1615-1625 (Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya)

 

Undamaged: Still Lifes from the Spanish Golden Age

Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya, Barcelona, until 28 February 2016

19 still-lifes and flower-pieces from the Museum’s own collection, by artists such as Juan van der Hamen, Tomas Hiepes and Juan de Arellano are being exhibited before some of them are permanently incorporated into new Renaissance and Baroque displays in 2016. Catalogue in Catalan and Castilian by the curator Joan Yeguas (€28.-).

Spanish Masters from the Hermitage (Amsterdam)

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Spanish Masters from the Hermitage:
The World of El Greco, Ribera, Zurbarán, Velázquez, Murillo & Goya

The Hermitage, Amsterdam, 28 November 2015 – 29 May 2016

More than sixty paintings and a rich collection of graphic works and applied arts masterpieces are on show.

 

Picasso Sculpture (New York to Paris)

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The exhibition Picasso Sculpture, previously showing some 140 works spanning 1902 to 1964 at MoMA, New York (until 7 February 2016), re-opens, in a reduced form, as Picasso: Scuptures (Musée Picasso, Paris: 8 March – 18 September 2016).
MOMA installation reviewed by Rosalind McKeever, Burlington Magazine, December 2015 pp. 880-82 .