The Society for the History of Collecting Session at CAA 2020 Chairs: Elizabeth A. Pergam, PhD Adriana Turpin, PhD Both the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art celebrate their 150th anniversaries in 2020. Yet these two institutions began in very different ways. While the Boston museum was an outgrowth of … Continue reading CFP: SHC Session at CAA 2020 (Chicago, 12-15 February 20)
CFP: Goldsmiths and Bankers as Collectors (28 October 2019)
Francis Harding and Michael Dahl, Portrait of Henry Hoare I (1677–1725), oil on canvas (National Trust, Stourhead). Goldsmiths and Bankers as Collectors - Goldsmiths’ Hall, London, 28 October 2019 Proposals due by 10 May 2019 2019 will see the return to Osterley Park of one of the many remarkable Old Master paintings acquired by the … Continue reading CFP: Goldsmiths and Bankers as Collectors (28 October 2019)
CONF: Eclecticism at the Edges (Princeton, 5-6 April 2019)
Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2019 15:08:53 +0100 Subject: CONF: Eclecticism at the Edges (Princeton, 5-6 Apr 19) From: Maria Alessia Rossi <marossi@princeton.edu> Date: Mar 10, 2019 Subject: CONF: Eclecticism at the Edges (Princeton, 5-6 Apr 19) Princeton University, April 5 - 06, 2019 Eclecticism at the Edges: Medieval Art and Architecture at the Crossroads of the Latin, Greek and … Continue reading CONF: Eclecticism at the Edges (Princeton, 5-6 April 2019)
CFP: Negotiating the transcultural museum (Bolzano, 11 Apr 19)
Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2019 14:13:19 +0100 Subject: CFP: Negotiating the transcultural museum (Bolzano, 11 Apr 19) From: Elisabetta Rattalino <elisabetta.rattalino@unibz.it> Date: Feb 27, 2019 Subject: CFP: Negotiating the transcultural museum (Bolzano, 11 Apr 19) Libera Università di Bolzano (Bolzano - Bozen, Italy), April 11, 2019 Deadline: Mar 10, 2019 NEGOTIATING THE TRANSCULTURAL MUSEUM: NEW PERSPECTIVES In … Continue reading CFP: Negotiating the transcultural museum (Bolzano, 11 Apr 19)
WORKSHOP: Collective Wisdom: Collecting in the early modern academy (1 – 2 April 2019)
1 and 2 April 2019 Antiquarian ‘Science’ in the Scholarly Society Society of Antiquaries of London. Workshop two of the AHRC International Networking Grant: Collective Wisdom: Collecting in the early modern academy https://collectivewisdom.uoregon.edu led by A.M. Roos and Vera Keller In this workshop, we will explore how ‘antiquarian science’ informed collecting in the early modern scholarly … Continue reading WORKSHOP: Collective Wisdom: Collecting in the early modern academy (1 – 2 April 2019)