Center for the History of Collecting, Frick Art Reference Library, NY, USA 3-4 March 2017 This two-day symposium focuses on collections of American art formed during the late eighteenth century through the early twentieth century and concludes with a conversation with Alice Walton, the greatest ...
Continue reading ...Editors: Johanna Ilmakunnas (University of Helsinki, Finland) and Jon Stobart (University of Northampton, UK) Jon Stobart and Johanna Ilmakunnas bring together a range of scholars from across mainland Europe and the UK to examine luxury and taste in early modern Europe. In the 18th century, de...
Continue reading ...13-15 October 2016 Bauakademie am Schinkelplatz, Berlin, GERMANY In the wake of the Western expansion, a fast growing number of non-European artefacts entered the European market. They initially made their way into princely cabinets of curiosities. Made possible by the forced opening and exploit...
Continue reading ...Institut National d’Histoire de l’Art, Paris, FRANCE 20-21 October 2016 The focus of the conference is to explore the changing and complex nature of the role of agent in the art market during the Early Modern Period. Papers will explore shifts in the dynamics of the market, the changing...
Continue reading ...St Johns College, Oxford and the Ashmolean Museum, UK 23-24 October 2015 A two-day conference is to be held at St Johns College, Oxford and the Ashmolean Museum to explore the work of art historian Francis Haskell (1928-2000). Writing at the intersection of cultural history, art history and the ...
Continue reading ...Edited by Inge Reist, The Frick Collection and Frick Art Reference Library Series: The Histories of Material Culture and Collecting, 1700–1950 14 essays examine points of similarity and difference in the approaches to art collecting practiced in Britain and the United States. Unlike most of th...
Continue reading ...Italian cabinets and tables decorated with inlaid semi-precious stones known as ‘pietre dure’ were a ‘must-have’ for English milords returning from their Grand Tours. The finest example is perhaps the Sixtus V cabinet at Stourhead, in Wiltshire, which has just been written up in a thorough,...
Continue reading ...Ruth Guilding In a lively re-examination of the British collectors who bankrupted themselves to possess antique marble statues, Owning the Past chronicles a story of pride, rivalry, snobbery, and myopic obsession with posterity and possession. Analyzing the motives that drove “Marble Mania” ...
Continue reading ...Edited by Christoph Vogtherr, Wallace Collection, UK and Monica Preti and Guillaume Faroult, Musée du Louvre, France The history of collecting is a topic of central importance to many academic disciplines, and shows no sign of abating in popularity. As such, scholars will welcome this collection...
Continue reading ...Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, GERMANY 10–12 September 2014 Caroline Louise of Baden (1723–1783) shaped the art collection of the margraves of Baden more than any other before or since. Her original collection included Dutch masterpieces of the 17th century and great works of French painti...
Continue reading ...Galleria dell'Accademia, Florence, ITALY 24 June-8 December 2014 This exhibition proposes to offer a critical-bibliographic picture of this very important cultural phenomenon concerning the history of taste and collecting in Italy between the late XVIII century and early XIX century. Among othe...
Continue reading ...P. Humfrey (ed.) This volume comprises sixteen essays on the reception of Titian by British painters, collectors and critics in the long nineteenth century. The main focus falls on the first three decades of the century, in the aftermath of the exhibition of the celebrated Orléans collection in ...
Continue reading ...Les sœurs de Napoléon Ier, Élisa, Pauline et Caroline, eurent toutes trois un destin italien : la première fut élevée par son frère au rang de princesse de Lucques, puis de grande-duchesse de Toscane, représentante de l’Empereur en Italie. La deuxième épousa un prince romain, Camille Bor...
Continue reading ...The ancient Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum, buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 C.E., drew international attention when excavations commenced in the 1730s. As a result, the nearby city of Naples became a nexus of scholarship, cultural diplomacy, and tourism. This fascinating book...
Continue reading ...L'exposition réunit deux cents œuvres, sculptures, peintures, dessins, gravures, tapisseries, pièces de mobilier et objets d’art, provenant principalement du musée du Louvre et du château de Versailles. La scénographie, conçue par le metteur en scène Pier Luigi Pizzi, tend à créer la ...
Continue reading ...Questa pubblicazione, la terza di una collana specificatamente dedicata al collezionismo artistico a Venezia in età moderna, prende in esame il Settecento, il secolo definito della "gloria" di Venezia, particolarmente ricco e articolato per l'evoluzione del gusto e degli orientamenti del fenomeno, ...
Continue reading ...The European expansion to Asia was driven by the desire for spices and Asian luxury products. Its results, however, exceeded the mere exchange of commodities and precious metals. The meeting of Asia and Europe signaled not only the beginnings of a global market but also a change in taste and lifesty...
Continue reading ...Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, SWEDEN 30 September 2010-23 January 2011 Featuring a wealth of historical artifacts and fine artisan wares, the exhibition is all about the art of governing through art. In all, some 410 artifacts will be on show – a splendid selection of portraits, costumes, jewelle...
Continue reading ...Château des ducs de Bretagne, Nantes, FRANCE 26 June-7 November 2010 En octobre 1700, L’Amphitrite, premier navire français à commercer avec la Chine, revient en France et c’est à Nantes, grand port de commerce colonial, qu’il vend sa cargaison : thé, soie, porcelaine, nacre, ivoire, ...
Continue reading ...Getty Villa, Pacific Palisades, CA, USA 16 October 2010 Years before he became a collector of ancient art, J. Paul Getty visited William Randolph Hearst at his San Simeon estate. Hearst Castle historian Victoria Kastner explores the relationship between these two iconic California collectors, pa...
Continue reading ...Hotel Albuquerque, NM, USA 18-21 March 2010 Session of note: Wendy Wassyng Roworth (chair): Historians of Eighteenth-Century Art and Architecture New Scholars Session [Rose Logie: The Artful Voyeur: Watteau, Drawing, and Spectatorship; Anne-Louise G. Fonesca: Mythological Painting in Eighteen...
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