Call for papers--ICOM-CC Sculpture, Polychromy, and Architectural Decoration Working Group Interim Meeting

Call for Papers

"Painting the Flesh"
ICOM-CC working group for Sculpture, Polychromy and Architectural
    decorations Interim Meeting

The next Interim Meeting of the ICOM-CC Sculpture, Polychromy, and
Architectural Decorations group will take place on the 19th and 20th
of November 2015 in Madrid, Spain, across the venues of Instituto
del Patrimonio Cultural de Espana (IPCE) and Museo de America.

The theme of this interdisciplinary conference focuses on the most
expressive and delicate part of sculpture polychromy: the realistic
rendering of the surface (skin) of the human body, the so-called
carnation or flesh painting.

The main focus will be on European and South American polychrome
wooden sculptures produced between the 11th and 18th centuries.

The aim is to gather professionals and researchers in the fields of
conservation-restoration, history of art and applied sciences on
cultural heritage for a debate on artists' techniques and materials,
historical documentary sources, deterioration phenomena, detection
of causes, mechanisms of the degradation, and methodologies for the
restoration and preservation of flesh painting on polychrome wooden
sculptures.

We invite abstracts of topics for presentation to be submitted
electronically to Federico Lubrani <wgspad<-at->gmail<.>com> before
midnight on 15 May 2015.

Papers submitted after this date will not be considered.  The
Scientific Committee will notify successful authors by 15 June 2015.

We would also like to invite and encourage submissions for poster
presentation by students of postgraduate study in this field.

Abstracts should have no more than 500 words, authors name(s) and
contact details.  Contributions can be sent in either Spanish or
English and should include a short CV of the speaker.

Stephanie de Roemer
International Council of Museums- Conservation Committee (ICOM-CC)
Group coordinator for Sculpture, Polychromy and Architectural
    Decorations
Glasgow Museums Resource Center
200 Woodhead Road
Glasgow G53 7NN
Office: +44 141 276 9338
Workshop: +44 141 276 9432


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