INTER-CULTURE 1400-1850. Art, Artists and Migration
International Art History Conference
Liverpool Hope University (Creative Campus)
Friday 5th and Saturday 6th April 2013
While major exhibitions, such as “Migrations - Journeys into British Art” (January – August 2012) at Tate Britain, address the impact of migration on the cultural heritage and artistic production in a particular country, the conference seeks to investigate further this exciting topic by discussing thematically the latest research of international scholars. Instead of focusing on the 20th and 21st centuries and the strong consequences migration caused in modern and postmodern societies, we intend to look back and explore the effects of migration on art and artists in Europe and beyond before, during and shortly after the Industrial Revolution.
Why have artists left their comfort zone, travelled to faraway places and adapted to new living conditions when only very few had a noteworthy impact on local artistic production, such as Hans Holbein the Younger at Henry VIII’s court or El Greco, who is the prime example for intercultural artistic exchange in early modern times? How important was national identity for the artists and also for the reception of their work? What are the differences and parallels between pre- and post-Industrial Revolution migration of artists?
Professor Eberhard König, Free University Berlin
Professor Fintan Cullen, University of Nottingham
Tim Batchelor, Tate Britain London
For any enquiries, please contact inter-culture@hope.ac.uk or alternatively call Dr. Kathrin Wagner on 0151 291 3679.
Friday, 5th April 2013 |
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9.00-9.30am
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Welcome Professor Kenneth Newport, Pro Vice-Chancellor (Academic), Liverpool Hope University |
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9.30-10.15am
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Keynote Lecture Professor Eberhard König, Free University Berlin: Italy as an Opportunity and the North as a Chance - temporary artistic transfer in the 15th and 16th century. |
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10.15-11.00am
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Guest Talk Tim Batchelor, Tate Britain London, Co-curator of ‘Migrations – Journeys into British Art’: Migrations - Journeys into British Art. Reflections on an Exhibition. |
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11.00-11.30am |
Coffee Break |
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11.30am-1pm
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Section 1 Old versus New Society – Artists’ Perceptions Anette Schaffer, The Warburg Institute, London: El Greco: reviewing the question of early modern artistic eccentricity Stephanie Porras, Tulane University, New Orleans: The real, rejected and virtual travels of Marten de Vos Gitta Ho, Centre Allemand d’Histoire de l’Art, Paris: German Art Pupils in Paris 1793-1843 |
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1.00-2.00pm |
Lunch Break
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2.00-3.30pm
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Section 2 New environments and influences on artistic practices Silvia Ferreira, Universidade Nova de Lisboa: From Stone to Wood: Claude Laprade and his journey from Provence to Portugal Clemence Matthieu, Clare Hall, Cambridge: Cultures of Exchange. The architecture of the Low Countries and Southern England in the 16th century Matej Klemencic, University of Ljubljana: Venetian Sculptors of the 18th century in Habsburg lands: Francesco Robba, Antonio Corradini and Giovanni Marchiori |
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3.30-4.00pm |
Coffee Break |
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4.00-5.30pm
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Section 3 Cultural Confrontations Natasha Eaton, UCL, London: Subaltern Colour? Between the Global and the Local in Britain and India Jessica David, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven: Johan Zoffany’s painting practice in Kolkata and Lucknow: the technical exploration of an ad hoc studio Katelyn Crawford, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington: John Greenwood, portraiture, and mobility in the British Atlantic, 1752-1772 |
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6.30pm
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Conference Dinner |
| Saturday, 6th April 2013 | |
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9.00-10.00am
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Keynote Lecture Professor Fintan Cullen, University of Nottingham: Migrating Objects: Ireland and Empire |
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10.00- 11.30am
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Section 4 Forced Migration and its resistance Julia Crispin, University of Münster: French Manuscript Illumination between Propaganda and Pragmatism: The Talbot Workshop in Rouen and its patrons during the last stages of the Hundred Years’ War Frederica Van Dam, Ghent University: Tableau Poetique: A recently discovered manuscript by the Flemish Migrant Painter-Poet Lucas de Heere (1534-84) Gerrit Walczak, Technical University Berlin: Mutual Irritations: Migrant Artists in London during the French Revolution |
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12.00-12.45pm |
Visit: Walker Art Gallery Liverpool |
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1-2.30pm |
Lunch Break |
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2.30-3.30pm
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Section 5 The returned artist Kathrin Wagner, Liverpool Hope University: Malversation, Escape, Return: the sculptor Hans Hesse from Luebeck and his temporary migration to Dalarna (Sweden) 1457-58 Fiona V. Salvesen Murrell, University of Aberdeen: The Returned Artist: American lessons learned; shaping the new Scottish Academy from 1826 Laura MacCulloch, Royal Holloway, University of London: Revaluating the Outsider: Ford Madox Brown and cultural dialogues in mid-19th century Europe |
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3.30-4pm |
Coffee Break |
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4-4.30pm
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Final Remarks/Conclusion
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To register for the conference please return the signed registration form. Please note that the Early Bird Rate is applicable to bookings made by Friday 25th January 2013 and paid by Friday 1st February 2013.