Court, Country, City: Call for Papers

Posted on 11 November 2011

We welcome proposals for 25-minute papers on any aspect of British Art, 1660-1735. A number of bursaries will be available to graduate student speakers.

Histories of British Art 1660-1735: Reconstruction and Transformation

Deadline 2 March 2012

Histories of British Art is the third and final conference organised as part of "Court, Country, City: British Art, 1660-1735", a major research project run by the University of York and Tate Britain, and funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council. Held at the King's Manor in York, this three-day conference is planned to include a drinks reception at York City Art Gallery and a visit, with dinner, to Beningbrough Hall (built 1716) for a private viewing of the National Portrait Gallery's collection of over a hundred artworks from the period.

Conference spaces are limited, and priority will be given to speakers. We encourage abstracts from graduate students as well as academics, curators and others working in this field.

Please send abstracts for proposed papers, of no more than 300 words, and any other queries, to Claudine Vanhensbergen

Suggested areas of discussion:

Art and the State
Art for public spaces
Art and court culture
Religious art
The country house
Artists and their works
Artistic practices
Unattributed and lost works
Companies, academies and studios
Continental influences
Transmigrations
Print culture
Art, politics and history
Art, theatre and literature
Women and art
Artists and patrons
Theory and writing about art
Auctions and the art market
Merchants and the city
Art and architecture
Funeral monuments
Decorative arts
Tapestries
Ceramics
Metalwork
Curatorial practices
Past exhibitions
Key collections
Conservation

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