This is a CFP for a session of the Renaissance Society of America,
to be held in San Francisco March 23-25, 2006:

The Forging of Italian Renaissance Sculpture Revisited

John Pope-Hennessy’s “The Forging of Italian Renaissance Sculpture”
(1974; 1980) was the seminal study of the subject of the creation of
sculptures fashioned to taken as originals of from fifteenth- or
sixteenth-century Florence. Yet Pope-Hennessy himself admitted that the
identification of such forgeries was sometimes debatable. Later studies
have revealed a more complex set of circumstances and characters,
suggesting that at least some of these sculptures need to be re-viewed.
This session will be devoted to new interpretations of the subject of
forgeries of Italian Renaissance sculpture. Papers are sought that deal
with, among other topics, changing interpretations of the sculptures
themselves; their dates and locations of manufacture; the
reconsideration of artists identified as forgers; the activities of
collectors and museums; and the continuing influence of Pope-Hennessy’s
writings in this area.

Please submit an abstract and a brief c.v. to
Adrienne DeAngelis,
227 Bays Avenue
Morehead, KY 40351

by 1 May 2005

E-mail: acdefn.org
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