Call for papers--European painted cloths

Call for Papers

"European Painted Cloths C14th-C21st: Pageantry, ceremony, theatre
    and domestic interior
A conference to be held at The Courtauld Institute of Art
15-16 June 2012

This two day conference will explore the use of painted cloths in
religious ceremony, pageantry, domestic interiors and scenic art. It
will focus on their change of context and significance from the
fourteenth to the twenty-first century exploring their different
function, materials, and method of creation.

The conference, to be held at The Courtauld Institute of Art, will
be run in collaboration with the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Presentations by four keynote speakers will reflect the aim of the
conference to bring together and foster interdisciplinary research
between art and interiors historians, paintings and textile
conservators.

Both abstracts, and papers submitted for the subsequent publication
(Archetype publications), will go through peer review by a committee
which consists of art historians, and conservators. Submissions
should not have been presented and/or published elsewhere before the
date of the conference.

Deadline for abstract: 5 August 2011
Deadline for paper submission: 16 June 2012

Please send the abstract as a word document (maximum 250 words not
including title and authors details) by 5 August 2011 to
paintedcloths<-a t->courtauld< . >ac< . >uk

Organised by Christina Young (The Courtauld Institute of Art) and
Nicola Costaras (Victoria and Albert Museum)

For further information please visit

    <URL:http://www.courtauld.ac.uk/
        researchforum/EuropeanPaintedClothsC14th-C21st.shtml>

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Dr Christina Young
Conservation and Technology Dept.
Courtauld Institute of Art
Somerset House, Strand,
London WC2R ORN
+44 20 7848 2190
Mobile: +44 7973 301635


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