Colloque : “Auricular Style : Frames” : a Conference.

Type : colloque.
Date de la manifestation : du 05 au 06 octobre  2016 .
Lieu : Londres, Wallace collection.

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

Programme

mercredi 5 octobre 2016

9.00: Registration & coffee.

‘On the Inception of Auricular Ornament: Paulus van Vianen’s metamorphic bodies and the fleshy frame’ (Dr Allison Stielau, McGill University).

‘Object Bodies, Metal Mounts and the Skins of Things’ (Dr Anna Grasskamp, Heidelberg University).

Discussion.

Coffee.

‘A French Auricular? A Brief History of a Style’ (Dr Marika Knowles, Harvard University).

‘German Knorpelwerk: Auricular dissemination in prints, woodcarving, stucco and painted wall decorations, 1620-1670′ (Assistant Professor Daniela Roberts, Würzburg University).

‘The Auricular Style in Dutch Furniture’ (Professor Reinier Baarsen, Leiden University / Rijksmuseum).

Discussion.

Lunch (not included – many local restaurants).

‘Gilt Leather: a creative industry avant la lettre‘ (Dr Eloy Koldeweij, Cultural Heritage Agency, the Netherlands).

‘Material Research on Auricular Frames in the Netherlands’ (Hubert Baija, Rijksmuseum).

‘The Auricular Frame Depicted in Paintings’ (Lynn Roberts, The Frame Blog).

Discussion.

Tea.

‘Between Amsterdam, Paderborn and Rome: a remarkable frame in the collections of the Louvre’ (Dr Charlotte Chastel-Rousseau, Louvre).

‘Dutch Auricular Woodcarving’ (Ada de Wit, Radboud University / Wallace Collection).

 Discussion (to finish at 5.00 pm).

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Jeudi 06 octobre 2016

9.55: Welcome & introduction.

‘The Development of an Auricular Style in Florence’ (Adriana Turpin, Institut d’Études Supèrieures des Arts).

‘Anthropomorphism and Zoomorphism in the Medici Picture Frames’ (Marilena Mosco, former Director of Palazzo Pitti).

Discussion.

Coffee.

‘Florentine Auricular Frames: techniques and aesthetics’ (Aviv Fürst, Palazzo Pitti).

‘Documenting Developments in the Taste for Auricular Framing in England, 1620-1700′ (Jacob Simon, National Portrait Gallery).

‘Looking at Material and Visual Evidence of English Auricular Frames’ (Gerry Alabone, Tate / City & Guilds of London Art School).

Discussion.

Lunch (not included – many local restaurants).

‘An Auricular Frame amongst the Founder’s Collection of the Ashmolean Museum’ (Tim Newbery & Jevon Thistlewood, Ashmolean Museum).

‘Picture Galleries in 17^th century Britain’ (Honorary Professor Karen Hearn, University College London).

‘Notes on the Revival of the Auricular Style for Picture Frames’ (Christopher Rowell, National Trust).

Discussion.

Tea.

‘The Auricular Today: putting an ear to the ground’ (Steve Shriver, art+works).

Panel discussion with all Speakers (to finish at 5.00 pm).

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