Fontainebleau – the New Rome of Francis I: dream of a king / reality of a curator
Speaker: Muriel Barbier The Courtauld, 12 May 17.30-19.00 Vernon Square Campus, Lecture Theatre 2 Click here to book Fontainebleau is not just one monarch’s palace, it belonged to them all, a “family home” for the kings of France, passed down from generation to...
CALL FOR PAPERS: The Future of the Antique: Interpreting the Sculptural Canon
The Future of the Antique: Interpreting the Sculptural Canon Warburg Institute and Institute of Classical Studies, London, 10–12 December 2025 Organized by Adriano Aymonino and Kathleen Christian Proposals due by 15 May 2025 The University of Buckingham, the Census of...
Academy, Market, Industry: Sculpture between Britain and Italy, c. 1728-1854
Hosted by the V&A South Kensington. Papers will explore the evolution of established genres like busts, ideal sculptures, funerary and public monuments, along with copies and adaptations of ancient works. They will also examine how these models spread into decorative...
Everyday Life in the Country House conference
The 23rd Historic Houses Conference, which will take place at the Centre for the Study of Historic Irish Houses and Estates, History Department, Maynooth University on 19-20 May 2025, will look at the ways in which country houses were designed, modernised, managed,...
The Low Countries Sculpture Society
Carpentry and sculpture from Gothic to Art Nouveau First Edition of the new Annual Seminar on European Sculpture and Decorative Arts Hôtel de la Roche, Mons, Belgium, Saturday 19th – Monday 21st July 2024 A combined effort of the Centre de Recherches Historiques sur...