Early Modern Architecture
Interdisciplinary scholarly exchange and information about European architecture, c. 1400-c. 1800.Website: http://earlymodernarchitecture.com
Early Modern Architecture explores global, interdisciplinary frameworks for the architectural design and theory of Europe and its colonies, c.1400-c.1800. This site particularly disseminates and fosters international scholarly exchange of innovative research and education. We seek to showcase new methodologies that link areas of architectural history, art history, and the humanities.
28/06/2019
Our latest Tumblr image: an early 15th-century French manuscript illumination with an architectural interior:
Early Modern Architecture Virgil Master, Liber alchandrei philosophi, c. 1405 (France). Tempera colors, gold paint, gold leaf, and ink on parchment in a 16th-century doeskin binding, restored and rebacked in 1946. Ms. 72...
28/06/2019
The call for papers for the conference entitled "'Privatheit' in der höfischen Kultur der Frühen Neuzeit" (due 25 Aug, Gießen, Germany) is available at the link below (https://bit.ly/2X79kUp).
"Privatheit" in der höfischen Kultur der Frühen Neuzeit Das gesellschaftliche Leben an den Höfen der Frühen Neuzeit habe ein „Doppelgesicht“, schrieb einst Norbert Elias: Da ein „Berufsleben“ nicht existierte, gab es noch keine Trennung zwischen privatem und öffentlichem Dasein im modernen Verständnis.
27/06/2019
The call for papers for the conference entitled "Baroque Festivals Between the Sacred and the Profane: Europe and the Atlantic" (due 15 Jul, Loures, Portugal) is available at the link below (https://congressbaroque-loures2019.weebly.com/call-for-papers.html).
CALL FOR PAPERS [EN] The Feast, a cultural manifestation encompassing all civilizations and creeds, reached its pinnacle of magnificence and extravagance during the Baroque period (17th-18th centuries). Courts,...
26/06/2019
The call for articles for a special issue of Journal18 entitled "The Architectural Reference" (due 1 Apr 2020) is available at the link below (http://www.journal18.org/future-issues/).
Future Issues #8 SELF/PORTRAIT (Fall 2019) This issue of Journal18 explores artworks, objects, spaces, performances and other visual or material productions that engaged with the self during the long eighteenth century.
25/06/2019
The June 2019 EMA list of open-access book and exhibition reviews is available at the link below (https://earlymodernarchitecture.com/ema-book-and-exhibition-reviews-june-2019/).
EMA Book and Exhibition Reviews: June 2019 Pan-European / Global Lucey, Conor. Building Reputations: Architecture and the Artisan, 1750–1830. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2018. 264 pages, ISBN 9781526119940. Review by Carl Loun…
24/06/2019
Information on the conference entitled "Towards New Histories of Imprisonment in England, 1550-1850" (15-16 Jul, Oxford, UK) is available at the link below (https://prisonsconference.wordpress.com/).
Towards New Histories of Imprisonment in England, 1500-1850 WEBSITE FOR JULY 2019 CONFERENCE ON IMPRISONMENT IN ENGLAND Welcome! We invite you to join us for this two-day conference on prisons and incarceration in England, 1500-1850, that is taking place at Keble College, Oxford, UK on the 15th and 16th of July 2019. This conference will bring together senio...
21/06/2019
Our latest Tumblr image: a late 17th-century German etching of the Spanish Escorial:
Early Modern Architecture Melchior Küsel after Johann Wilhelm Baur, Escorial, Spain, 1681. Etching. Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC.
21/06/2019
Information on the exhibition entitled "Pietre Dure: Highlights from the Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Collection" (22 Mar 2019-20 Mar 2020, London, UK) is available at the link below (https://www.vam.ac.uk/event/xP21N1kr/pietre-dure-highlights-from-the-rosalinde-and-arthur-gilbert-collection).
V&A · Pietre Dure Highlights from the Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Collection
20/06/2019
The call for applications for the summer school entitled "Baroque Splendor: The Art and Architecture of Re-Catholicization in Bohemia and Franconia" (due 6 Jul, Bohemia and Franconia, Czech Republic and Germany) is available at the link below (https://earlymodernarchitecture.com/call-for-seminar-participation-baroque-splendor-the-art-and-architecture-of-re-catholicization-in-bohemia-and-franconia/).
Call for Seminar Participation: Baroque Splendor: The Art and Architecture of Re-Catholicization in Bohemia and Franconia Deadline: 6 July 2019 Bohemia and Franconia, Czech Republic and Germany 2-7 September 2019 Applications are invited for participation in the Summer School, Baroque Splendor: The Art and Architectu…
19/06/2019
Information on the exhibition entitled "The Paper Museum: The Curious Eye of Cassiano dal Pozzo" (14 Jun-1 Sept, Birmingham, UK) is available at the link below (https://museumcrush.org/the-paper-museum-of-cassiano-dal-pozzo/).
18/06/2019
Information on the conference entitled "Borromini Kolloquium/Seminario Borromini" (30 Jun-1 Jul, Einsiedeln, Switzerland) is available at the link below (http://www.accademiasanluca.eu/it/news/id/3229/-strong-borromini-kolloquium-br-seminario-borromini-strong-).
Borromini-KolloquiumSeminario Borromini | News | Accademia di San Luca In collaborazione con l'Accademia Nazionale di San Luca 30 giugno - 1 luglio 2019 presso la Stiftung Bibliothek Werner Oechslin, Einsiedeln, Svizzera Programma Sonntag, 30. Juni /Domenica, 30 giugno 09.30 – 12.00 Uhr/Ore 09.30&...
17/06/2019
The call for papers for the Tenth Annual RefoRC Conference on Early Modern Christianity (due 1 Mar 2020, Aarhus, Denmark) is available at the link below (https://www.reforc.com/tenth-annual-reforc-conference-on-early-modern-christianity/).
14/06/2019
Our latest Tumblr image: a mid-18th-century painting of Warwick Castle in England:
Early Modern Architecture Francis Harding, Warwick Castle, c. 1764. Oil on canvas. Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection.
14/06/2019
Information on the Marsh's Library Maddock Research Fellowships (due 26 Jul) is available at the link below (https://www.marshlibrary.ie/fellowships-2019-20/).
13/06/2019
The call for papers for the European Association for Urban History 2020 Conference (due 15 Aug, Antwerp, Belgium) is available at the link below (https://www.uantwerpen.be/en/conferences/eauh2020/papers/).
12/06/2019
The call for papers for the conference entitled "British, Continental, and American Furniture and Interiors (Furniture History Society Research Conference 2019)" (due 1 Jul, London, UK) is available at the link below (https://earlymodernarchitecture.com/cfp-british-continental-and-american-furniture-and-interiors-furniture-history-society-research-conference-2019/).
CFP: British, Continental, and American Furniture and Interiors (Furniture History Society Research Conference 2019) Deadline: 1 July 2019 Wallace Collection, London, UK 22 November 2019 Call for Papers from PhD/Post-Doc students, junior museum/heritage curators and professionals As part of the Furniture History…
Information on the conference entitled "Feste -- die Inszenierung der Stadt" (23-27 Jun, Einsiedeln, Switzerland) is available at the link below (https://earlymodernarchitecture.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/programm_bsk_19.pdf).
Information on the conference entitled "Above and Beyond: Ceiling Painting in the History of Art" (27 Jun, New York, New York, USA) is available at the link below (https://www.frick.org/programs/symposia).
Symposia | The Frick Collection Emerging Scholars SymposiaSymposia are free with online registration. Above and Beyond: Ceiling Painting in the History of Art Thursday, June 27, 2019 2:00–6:00 p.m. Program Abstracts Register Inspired by the special exhibition Tiepolo in Milan: The Lost Frescoes of Palazzo Archinto, this symposi...
07/06/2019
Our latest Tumblr image: a mid-15th-century Italian manuscript illumination of St. Gregory in a Classical interior:
Early Modern Architecture Taddeo Crivelli, St. Gregory, c. 1469. Tempera colors, gold paint, gold leaf, and ink on parchment. Ms. Ludwig IX 13 (83.ML.109), fol. 172v, The J. Paul Getty Museum of Art, Los Angeles.
07/06/2019
Information on the conference entitled "Jehan de Rouen, architecte et sculpteur européen à la Renaissance" (28 Jun, Paris, France) is available at the link below (https://www.ephe.fr/actualites/jehan-de-rouen-architecte-et-sculpteur-europeen-a-la-renaissance).
Jehan de Rouen, architecte et sculpteur européen à la Renaissance | École Pratique des Hautes Études
06/06/2019
Information on the lecture entitled "The Georgian Country House and British Slave Trade" (18 Jun, Leicester, UK) is available at the link below (https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/history-in-the-pub-the-georgian-country-house-and-british-slave-trade-tickets-62906876160).
History in the Pub: The Georgian country house and British slave trade The Leicester Georgian Interest Group presents a free talk from Joley Baker in the Greyfriars Conservation Area on the links between the Georgian country house and the British slave trade. 'The Georgian country house, whilst often known for its grand Palladian and neo-classical style, its European t...
05/06/2019
Information on the King's College London Royal Archives Summer Fellowships (due 10 Jun) is available at the link below (https://georgianpapers.com/2019/05/10/kings-college-london-royal-archives-summer-fellowships-2019-apply-now/).
King’s College London Royal Archives Summer Fellowships 2019 – apply now! | Georgian Papers Programme King’s College London is the lead academic partner for the Georgian Papers Programme, a collaboration with the Royal Archives and Royal Library to shed new light on the Georgian period. The Programme is promoting and developing a research programme in support of the digitisation of some 400,000 pa...
The call for papers for the conference entitled "Early Modern Rome 4" (due 15 Sept, Rome, Italy) is available at the link below (http://conference.eapitaly.it/).
Early Modern Rome :: Home Early modern Rome was contradictory and complex; its vernacular and high culture animated and rich. From Petrarch’s crowning as Poet Laureate on the Capitoline in 1341 to the pontificate of Alexander VII Chigi in 1667, this conference aims to bring together scholars from a range of disciplines to ...
03/06/2019
The call for papers for the conference entitled "Haus – Geschlecht – Sicherheit. Diskursive Formierungen in der Fruehen Neuzeit" (due 31 Jul, Marburg, Germany) is available at the link below (https://www2.gender.hu-berlin.de/ztg-blog/2019/05/cfp-haus-geschlecht-sicherheit-diskursive-formierungen-in-der-fruehen-neuzeit-marburg-26-28-03-2020/).
CFP: Haus – Geschlecht – Sicherheit. Diskursive Formierungen in der Fruehen Neuzeit – Marburg 26.-28.03.2020 | ZtG – Blog CFP: Haus – Geschlecht – Sicherheit. Diskursive Formierungen in der Frühen Neuzeit – Marburg ————————————————————————
31/05/2019
Our latest Tumblr image: an early 17th-century Italian or Spanish altar frontal:
Early Modern Architecture Italian or Spanish artist, Altar frontal with scenes from the life of St. John the Baptist, probably for Valletta, Malta, c. 1600. Gold metallic threads and multi-colored silk embroidery on silk...
31/05/2019
Information on the conference entitled "Keywords of Mobility: Paradigms of Movement in Premodern Material Culture" (6-7 Jun, Italy) is available at the link below (https://www.hf.uio.no/dnir/om/aktuelt/arrangementer/2019/mobility.html).
Keywords of Mobility. Paradigms of Movement in Premodern Material Culture - Det norske institutt i Roma The history of art has been engaged with mobility for centuries. Movement, with its limits and potentials, constitutes in several ways a founding principle of the discipline, and its fascination or rejection stands at the core of much of its narrative. But the recent (re)turn to mobility is rapidly....
30/05/2019
Information on the conference entitled "Architecture, ameublement et étiquette dans les palais de Napoléon et de sa famille. Dispositions et patrimonialisation" (18-19 Jun, Paris/Fontainebleau, France) is available at the link below (https://dfk-paris.org/fr/event/architecture-ameublement-et-etiquette-dans-les-palais-de-napoleon-et-de-sa-famille-2355.html).
Architecture, ameublement et étiquette dans les palais de Napoléon et de sa famille | DFK Paris Comité d’organisation : Sylvain Cordier, conservateur, Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal Jörg Ebeling, directeur de recherches, Centre allemand d’histoire de l’art Paris Jehanne Lazaj, conservatrice en chef, Château de Fontainebleau Dominique Poulot, professeur, HiCSA, Paris 1 Panthéon-So...
Information on the Digital Piranesi Project Postdoctoral Research Fellow post (due 31 May) is available at the link below (https://uscjobs.sc.edu/postings/57022).
The call for articles for a special issue of Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography that will be entitled "The Built Environment in Pennsylvania History" (due 1 Jan 2020) is available at the link below (https://earlymodernarchitecture.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/2021callforpapers.docx).
24/05/2019
Our latest Tumblr image: a mid-18th-century etching by Piranesi of the via del Corso in Rome:
Early Modern Architecture Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Veduta, nella Via del Corso, del Palazzo dell’Accademia instituita da Luigi XIV, Re di Francia per i Nazionale Francesi studiosi della Pittura, Scultura, e Architettura...,...