The Baroque Villa,
Suburban and Country Residences, c. 1600-1800

International Conference, 18-20 October 2007
Wilanow Palace Museum

Organizers: Wilanow Palace Museum, Institute of Art History; Warsaw University

The villa as an architectural and cultural phenomenon has received a fair
share of scholarly attention. This interest, however, has predominantly
focused on a number of issues, most notably on the ancient Roman villa
culture, and its revival during the Italian ?Renaissance?. The villa
architecture and the re-conceptualization of villeggiatura ideology in the
later early modern period, and in other geographical areas, have thus far
eluded a more comprehensive examination. The objective of the conference
is to address these issues and to explore the ?Baroque? villa (c.
1600-1800) through a variety of case studies as well as papers addressing
more general or methodological issues.

The diversity of presentations in terms of subject matter will provide a
unique opportunity to explore the "Baroque" villa, as well as broader
issues of architectural repesentation in early modern Europe and North
America.

Please, see the preliminary programme at

http://www.wilanow-palac.art.pl/

The organizers of the conference

Wilanow Palace Museum - the Museum of fine arts established in 1805 by
count Stanislaw Kostka Potocki. The Palace itself built in last quarter of
17th century as a suburban residence for king of Poland Jan III Sobieski.
Nowadays, one of the most important capital's museums and a reaserch
centre for Art and Culture.
http://www.wilanow-palac.art.pl/index.php?id=343&menuid=136

Institute of Art History, Warsaw University - the oldest academic and
reaserch study in History of Art in Warsaw.
www.ihs.uw.edu.pl

Contact:

Marta Golabek
mgolabekmuzeum-wilanow.pl
Dominika Walawender-Musz
dwalawendermuzeum-wilanow.pl

tel.: (+48 22) 842 24 07
fax: (+48 22) 842 31 16

Wilanów Palace Museum
ul. Stanislawa Kostki Potockiego 10/16
02-958, Warsaw, POLAND