Call for papers--Conference on Auricular style frames

Call for Papers

Conference

"Auricular Style: Frames"
The Wallace Collection, London.
5-6 October, 2016

This two-day international conference will be the first dedicated to
the Auricular style, centering on one of its most significant
manifestations, the picture frame.  The conference aims to stimulate
awareness and study of this important but neglected style by
bringing together research in fine and decorative art histories.  It
will consider the origins and development of the style in different
materials, together with its dissemination between European centres.
The conference will explore how other areas of the decorative and
applied arts fed into the creation of picture frames, and were in
their turn nourished through the influence of these sculptural
objects.

Fourteen speakers are anticipated, and currently include Karen Hearn
(University College London), Jacob Simon (National Portrait
Gallery), Hubert Baija (Rijksmuseum), Daniela Roberts (University of
Wurzburg), Allison Stielau (McGill University) and Ada de Wit
(Radboud University / Wallace Collection).  Displays to run
simultaneously with the conference are planned with the Guildhall
Art Gallery, and Ham House, London.

Relevant topics include, but are not limited to, connections between
countries (Italy, France, Bohemia, the Netherlands, Britain, Germany
and Scandinavia); the Van Vianens; Fontainebleau; the grotesque;
'Medici' frames; the influence of prints; Auricular settings;
craftsmanship; the style's decline and its revivals.  Poster
presentations exhibited during the conference will be edited with
the papers and published, fully illustrated, for free download on
The Frame Blog

    <URL:https://auricularstyleframes.wordpress.com/about/>

which it is hoped will become a hub for future related research.

Enquiries and submissions (300-400 word abstracts as Word documents)
to alabone.g<-at->gmail<.>com

Deadline for submissions: 29 January, 2016.

Registration free for speakers and poster contributors.  Agreed
travel and accommodation expenses reimbursed for speakers.

Convenors:

    Gerry Alabone
    Tate / City and Guilds of London Art School

and

    Lynn Roberts
    The Frame Blogs

in association with the Institute of Conservation (Gilding and
Decorative Surfaces Group).

Gerry Alabone
Frames Conservation
Tate, Millbank
London SW1P 4RG
United Kingdom


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