The Global Reception of Heinrich Woelfflin's Principles of Art History (1915-2015)

PROGRAM

Friday, May 8, 2015
Session 1: Germany, Austria, Switzerland
10:00 a.m.

Elizabeth Cropper, Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts
Welcome

Evonne Levy, University of Toronto / Tristan Weddigen, Universität Zürich
Introduction

Horst Bredekamp, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Wölfflin in Germany

Hans Aurenhammer, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main
Formalist Dissent: Why Did the Vienna School Ignore Wölfflin’s Grundbegriffe?

Oskar Bätschmann, Universität Bern / SIK-ISEA Zürich
Heinrich Wölfflin’s Swiss Legacy

Session 2: France, Italy, The Netherlands, Poland, Spain
2:30 p.m.

Oskar Bätschmann, Universität Bern / SIK-ISEA Zürich
Moderator

Eric Michaud, École des hautes études en sciences sociales, Paris
Wölfflin in France

Andrea Pinotti, Università degli Studi di Milano
Could a Kunstwissenschaft Ever Take Root in Italy? Wölfflin’s Grundbegriffe and Italian Art Historiography

Wojciech Bałus, Jagiellonian University, Kraków
In the Shadow of Vienna — In the Glow of a Classic: Some Remarks on the Reception of Heinrich Wölfflin in Poland

Tristan Weddigen, Universität Zürich
The Reception of Wölfflin in the Hispanic World

Saturday, May 9, 2015

Session 3: Mexico, Japan, China, Brazil
10:00 a.m.

Paul B. Jaskot, DePaul University / Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts Moderator

Peter Krieger, Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Baroque and Neo-Baroque: Long-Term Effects of the Kunstgeschichtliche Grundbegriffe in Mexico

Yukiko Shirahara, Nezu Museum, Tokyo
The 1936 Japanese Version of Kunstgeschichtliche Grundbegriffe and the Study of Japanese Art

Zhang Ping, East China Normal University, Shanghai
From Ku Teng to Fan Jingzhong: Heinrich Wölfflin and Chinese Art History

Jens Baumgarten, Universidade Federal de São Paulo
Wölfflin in Brazil: Between Translation and Comparison

Session 4: England, United States, Israel, India
2:30 p.m.

Horst Bredekamp, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Moderator

Paul Binski, Cambridge University
Wölfflin and the Wölfflinians in England

Evonne Levy, University of Toronto
Wölfflin’s Principles in the United States: Crucible of a Discipline

Adi Efal, a.r.t.e.s. Graduate School for the Humanities Cologne Universität zu Köln
The Hebrew Translation of the Grundbegriffe and the Establishment of the Israeli Humanities Canon

Monica Juneja, Universität Heidelberg
Universal Principles and Intransigent Contexts: Creating a Canon to Incorporate South Asian Art

Elizabeth Cropper, Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts Concluding remarks

Registration is requested by e-mail, casvanga.gov.

Please see announcement for complete program: http://tinyurl.com/WoelfflinSymposium (Symposium Announcement, PDF 458KB).