Call for papers
Deadline: Friday 16 March 2007

Postgraduate Conference
School of Art History, University of St Andrews, Fife, Scotland

Thursday 6 - Friday 7 September 2007

Theatricality and European Art c.1700 - c.2000
Painting the Stage: Examining the interrelationship of painting and the
performing arts

The relationship between the theatre and painting is a traditional but
complex one. Artists are often drawn to the performing arts, finding in
them inspiration for their work. In addition, many artists have often
worked in the theatre; designing sets, costumes, etc.

This conference aims to explore the relationship between European painting
and the performing arts over the last three centuries. The period covers
the development, and growth, of the modern theatre and the advent of film
and television.

Papers are invited from postgraduate students on the following themes:
depictions of performances and performers; artists as actors in theatre,
film and television; the representation of the artist on stage and screen;
painters as designers for stage and screen; the role of narrative, gesture
and the concept of the 'spectacle' in painting; artifice in theatre and
painting; the creation of narrative and character in painting and on stage
and screen; the different ways in which viewers/audiences experience and
respond to paintings and theatrical performances.

Proposals for 20-minute papers are invited. Proposals should be no more
than 300 words, and should include name, position and institutional
affiliation.

For further details please contact:
Lynn Whittaker or William Rough
School of Art History, University of St Andrews,
9 The Scores, St Andrews, Fife KY16 9AR.
Tel. 01334 462400
Email: lcw10st-andrews.ac.uk or wwrst-andrews.ac.uk