CONF 27.01.2012

Appropriations of Egypt in Rome (Rome, 17 Feb 12)

Royal Netherlands Institute, Rome, 17.02.2012

Marieke van den Doel, University of Humanistics, utrecht

BEYOND EGYPTOMANIA
Appropriations of Egypt in Rome

Organised by:
Marieke van den Doel (Royal Netherlands Institute Rome) & Miguel John
Versluys (Leiden University)

Speakers
Brian Curran
Kristine Bülow Clausen
Giuseppina Capriotti Vittozzi
Sander Müskens
Ingrid Rowland
Eugenio lo Sardo
Miguel John Versluys
Thijs Weststeijn

‘Egypt’ is more present in the Urbs than probably anywhere else in
Europe. Rome’s fascination with ‘things Egyptian’ has a lengthy
history, wherein the ancient Roman and Renaissance historical contexts
have attracted the majority of scholarly attention. However, only
rarely have these two contexts been structurally compared and studied
against the background of the many other (historical) appropriations of
‘things Egyptian’ in Rome itself or beyond. Moreover, scholars are
increasingly realising that the term commonly used to indicate these
complex processes of cultural borrowing and innovation - Egyptomania -
is not well chosen. In this conference it is our aim to take a more
serious approach to the Roman appropriation of Egypt and move ‘beyond
Egyptomania’. Through a series of case studies we hope to explore how
‘Egypt’ and Egyptian visual language managed to be so relevant for so
many historical contexts. The life (and history and after-life) of
‘Egypt’ is certainly one of the best and most fascinating examples of
what Aby Warburg characterised as the vertical transmission of culture.
If we want to properly understand this cultural biography of ‘Egypt’,
Rome is the place to start the investigation.

For more information and a program see:
http://www.knir.it
http://www.knir.it/images/stories/Beyond_Egyptomania_program.pdf
or infoknir.it

Quellennachweis:
CONF: Appropriations of Egypt in Rome (Rome, 17 Feb 12). In: ArtHist.net, 27.01.2012. Letzter Zugriff 29.03.2024. <https://arthist.net/archive/2623>.

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