dressing a pi

cture:
reimagining thecourtportrai t
1500-
1800 keynotespeakers:
prof.ai
leen ri
beiro
uni
versi
ty of cambri
dge
(
courtauld insti
tute of art)
7 may 2021 prof.birgi
tt borkopp- restle
(
university of bern)

call
dr.katarzyna kosi or
(northumbria universi
ty)

for

Thi

period'
si
papers
s conference wi
AND thE setti
ntri
ll exami
ng for i
cate soci
papers whose scope wi
ne threethEmes surroundi
ts iconographi
al stratificati
c di
ng early modern portrai
splay,that i s thE court.We ai
on AND complex gender power dynami
ture:thEarti
m to exami
cs.To provi
st,THEdepi

de suffici
cted materi
ne THEse connecti ons vi
alculture
a THE pri
sm of THE
ent breadth,we are accepti
ll fall between 1500 AND 1800.We foresee thE conference to last one day,wi th three panels
ng

of three speakers each.Each panel wi ll comprise one keynote paper from an established scholar,followed by two papers
from early career researchers or doctoral cANDi dates.The panels will conclude with a group discussion,allowi ng for
questions from thE audi ence.

Submi
tted papersw ould i
deally exami
ne:
-The multi-faceted figure of thE early modern court portrai ti
st within courts across Europe,focusing in parti
cular on
his or her role i
n thE fashioning anD imaging of courtly identiti
es
-The composi tional elements of court portrai ts anD thEi
r sartori al anD symboli
ci nterplay
-The pivotal role of thE early modern court as an elaborate crossroad of soci al synergies obsessed with
self-representati on anD i
ts modes of display

Graduatestudents,juni
or scholars,curators,early career researchersanD conservatorsarew armly encouraged to apply.

Those i
nterested i
n deli
veri
ng a paper are i
nvi
ted to submi
t a 300-
word proposal accompani
ed wi
th a bi
ographi
cal note to:
Ana How i
e(ach207@cam.
ac.
uk)&AlessanDro Ni
cola Malusà (
anm43@cam.
ac.
uk)by 4january 2021
.