International Congress

Image and Appearance

Facultad de Letras: Departamento de Historia del Arte
Universidad Murcia, Spain

19-21 Nov 2008

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Introduction and Objective

Manners and behaviour, facial expressions, gestures, clothes, ornaments,
the house were they live, their circle of people, the animals and objects
that surround them. They all offer glimpses into the every day life of
people from the Ancient Regime to our days. They tell us about the social
structure, culture, technology, taste, gender roles and aspirations of the
individuals and the societies they are part of.

Literature, music and art give testimony to these questions, as do
documents about dowry, inventories, parties, funerals, fairs and markets.
Together, they offer a picture of the human being – be it at the top or at
the bottom of the social hierarchy – and his most intimate convictions.
Programme

Section 1: PHYSIOGNOMY AND THE EXPRESSION OF THE PASSIONS

Director: Victor Stoichita, PhD. University of Friburg (Switzerland)
Speakers: Cristina Torres Fontes, PhD (University of Murcia)
Maria del Mar Albero, PhD (University of Murcia)

Physiognomy and pathognomy. The soul’s passions. Gesture and expression in
literature and in art. Age and gender. Decorum and composure as
containment of sentiments. The eloquent body. Seduction through personal
image. The gallant smile and melancholy as a source of inspiration. The
portraits of power and the symbolic codes. The religious image.
Declamatory art. The representation of good and evil. Vice and virtue.

Section 2: THE DIALOGUE OF APPEARANCE. ANSWERS AND EXPECTATIONS ABOUT THE
BODY AND ATTIRE.

Director: Antonio Cea Gutiérrez, PhD (CSIC)
Speakers: Mª Isabel Montoya Ramírez, PhD (University of Granada)
Mª Dolores Vila

Being and seeming. Functional and symbolic values of appearance. Verbal
and musical speech. Manners and politeness. Costumes, hairstyles and
accessories. Clothes, textiles and colours according to dignity, rank and
status. Religious and military uniforms. Symbols of social status. Search
of identity. Status and privilege. Fashion. The influence of other
cultures. Cosmopolitanism and regionalism. Marginalization. Uniformity.
Signs of distinction. The ordinary and the extraordinary. Truth and
falsehood, secrets and lies. The disguise and the mask. Protocol and
etiquette. Galas and ceremonies. Ornaments. Furniture and decoration. The
world as a theatre. Scenography, machinery, light and sound. Treaties and
discourse on behaviour. Laws about luxury. The necessary, the useful and
the presumptuous.

Section 3: ART COLLECTING AND PATRONAGE

Director: Cristóbal Belda Navarro, PhD
Speakers: Jesús Rivas Carmona, PhD (University of Murcia).
Isabel Gómez de Rueda, PhD

The wish to possess as the expression of personality, wisdom and taste.
The collector’s image. The desire to show one’s possesions. Commissions,
purchases, sales and gifts. Accumulating or collecting? Chambers of
wonders, studies and galleries. The institutional collector. Cathedral’s
treasures. Museums and collections.

Organization

Organised by: Department of History of Art. Faculty of Arts and
Humanities. University of Murcia.
With the support of: Seneca Foundation.

Director: Concepción de la Peña Velasco, PhD
Director´s Assistant: Manuel Pérez Sanchez, PhD
Secretary: Juan Miguel González Martínez, PhD
General Assistant: María Teresa Marín Torres, PhD

President of the Scientific Committee: Cristóbal Belda Navarro, PhD

Information about the congress: mperezsaum.es
Sending for papers: mmalberoum.es

Registration
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Payment may be made by bank transfer to the following account: Cajamurcia:
2043 0133 7502 0000 3744. Identifying Congress Image and Appearance.
ES09-2043 0133 7502 0000 3744, from abroad.

Place of celebration of the Congress

Faculty of Arts and Humanities
University of Murcia

With the collaboration of:

María Albaladejo, BA
Marina Gacto, BA
Luz Gilabert, BA
Arianna Giorgi, BA
Antonio López Jiménez, BA
Dª Elena Martínez Alcázar, BA

Universidad de murcia
Fundación Séneca
Facultad de Letras
Fundación CAJAMURCIA
CEHA
Consejería de Cultura, Juventud y Deportes. Dirección General de Bellas
Artes y Bienes Culturales
Departamento de Historia del Arte
CENDEAC
MURCIA turística
Asamblea Regional de Murcia
MUSEO SALZILLO
FILMOTECA REGIONAL: FRANCISCO RABAL
RED COLUMNARIA
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