A session at Articulations, the 29th Annual Conference of the Association of Art Historians, Birkbeck and University College London, Thursday 10-Sunday 13 April 2003.
The acts of building, decorating, furnishing, using and representing interiors are laden with meanings, implied or explicit. These meanings can inform us about the interiors' creators, owners and users; about political, social and familial aspirations and attitudes; and about the reciprocal relationships between people and interiors.
This session will explore the methods which people used to articulate some of these meanings through their relationships with the interiors they owned, used or represented. Concentrating on the visual and material cultures of Europe c.1300-c.1600, we invite papers on interiors of all social levels, from the grandest palace to the meanest hovel. We particularly welcome contributions on interiors from Northern and Eastern Europe, and papers which address use as much as creation, decoration, furnishing or representation.
Please send a 150 to 200-word abstract and a brief (e.g. 1-page) CV to either of the convenors:
Dr. Flora Dennis (address below)
Research Fellow
or:
Dr Rupert Shepherd
Before 14 October:
Research Fellow
Material Renaissance Project
Room 205, Essex House
University of Sussex
Falmer
Brighton BN1 9QQ
U.K.
T: +44 (0)1273 872544
F: +44 (0)1273 678644
E: R.Shepherd@sussex.ac.uk
After 14 October:
Department of Western Art
Ashmolean Museum
Oxford OX1 2PH
U.K.
T (mobile): +44 (0)7941 187904
E: rupert@ferrara.u-net.com