Lecture: “Making and Valuing Reproducible Metalwork in the Early Modern Low Countries”
On June 6th, a lecture by Elizabeth Rice Mattison, on the roles and meanings of reproducible metalworki in the Low Countries, will take place at M Leuven.
Lecture: “Rebuilding for Observance: Architectural changes to Santa Maria di Monteluce in Perugia”
On Wednesday 26 January, Julie Beckers, Postdoctoral Fellow at Illuminare, will deliver the lecture ‘Rebuilding for Observance: Architectural changes to Santa Maria di Monteluce in Perugia post Reform, c. 1448-1485’ at the WoArch 2024 symposium in Rome.
10th Annual Ards Conference: “Beyond the Alps”
On 7-9 November, the 10th ARDS Annual conference will take place in Rome. Theme this year is “the interaction and interplay between the Low Countries and Italy in medieval and Renaissance sculpture”. Max Wiringa, Affiliated Researcher at Illuminare, will deliver a lecture at the conference, entitled “Giambologna and Della Porta”.
Lezing: “Claux de Werve: hofbeeldhouwer van de Hertogen van Bourgondië”
Conservator oude kunst Jip van Reijen (Bonnefanten, Maastricht) belicht het oeuvre van Claux de Werve in relatie tot de bourgondische beeldhouwkunst uit de eerste helft van de vijftiende eeuw.
Inaugural Lecture: “Rocks and Tears. Niobe’s Fate as Dynamics of Form”
On 9 may, prof. Barbara Baert held the inaugural lecture entitled “Rocks and Tears. Niobe’s Fate as Dynamics of Form” for her Professur der Aby-Warburg-Stiftung 2023.
Conference: “XXIIInd Symposium for the Study of Underdrawing and Technology in Painting”
The website for the 23rd Symposium for the Study of Underdrawing and Technology in Painting- ‘Cross-Media Perspectives
Technical Studies of Art on Panel, Paper and Parchment (1400-1600)’ has been launched. The registration form and call for papers can be found on the site for those wishing to attend the symposium or submit a paper for consideration.
Lezing: “De Besloten Hofjes van Mechelen”
Professor en conservator-restaurateur Lieve Watteeuw onthult alles wat we kunnen leren van Besloten Hofjes: mystieke mixed-media retabelkasten uit de tijd van Karel V en Margaretha van Oostenrijk, van top tot teen bezet met zijden bloemen, houten sculptuurtjes, inscripties in koraal of glas, stoffelijke resten en hier en daar een eeuwenoud verborgen briefje.
Lezing: “Over het hoofd van Johannes de Doper”
Tijdens deze lezing plaatst Soetkin Vanhauwaert, assistent conservator van de kunstcollecties van KU Leuven, het befaamde hoofd van Johannes in de kijker en geeft ze betekenis aan dit vaak nog onbekende beeldmotief.
Lecture: “From Kneading to Kneeling: A Terracotta Crucifixion from Santa Maria di Monteluce in Perugia”
On Wednesday 8 November, Julie Beckers, Postdoctoral Fellow at Illuminare, will deliver the lecture ‘From Kneading to Kneeling: A Terracotta Crucifixion from Santa Maria di Monteluce in Perugia’ at the 9th Ards Annual Colloquium: The Art of Devotion. The Agency of Sculpture.
Lecture: “Experiencing and Interpreting the Soundscape of the Late Medieval Church of Our Lady in Antwerp”
On Thursday 23 September, Wendy Wauters, affiliated researcher at Illuminare, will deliver the lecture “Experiencing and Interpreting the Soundscape of the Late Medieval Church of Our Lady in Antwerp” together with Eugeen Schreurs at the three-day symposium “The Role of the Senses in Medieval Liturgies and Rituals” in Padua.