The Materiality of Early Modern Prints
College Art Association Conference, Chicago, IL, February 10-13, 2010
Application deadline May 8, 2009

Ephemeral and cost-effective, early modern prints (ca. 1450-1700)
offered a greater diversity of subject matter and more uses than
paintings or sculpture. Printed pilgrimage souvenirs, scientific
instruments and even erotica survive with signs of heavy use. Prints
were embellished, altered, inscribed, collected and displayed in
numerous ways throughout the early modern period, a versatility
recently emphasized in major publications and exhibitions including
David Landau and Peter Parshall's "The Renaissance Print" and Susan
Dackerman's "Painted Prints." This CAA session examines the
contemporary treatment of prints as physical objects, whether on
paper, printed in books or pasted onto other supports (i.e. albums,
cloth, wood, or walls). While some talks may touch on the history of
collections, presentations focusing on surviving prints with visible
signs of use, misuse, or alternate states will be particularly apt.

Suzanne Karr Schmidt, Art Institute of Chicago, Department of Prints
and Drawings, 111 South Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL, 60603,
skarrschmidtartic.edu;
and Lia Markey, Princeton University Art
Museum, Department of Prints and Drawings, Princeton, NJ 08544,
lmarkeyprinceton.edu.

Please feel free to send applications via email, including a two-page,
double-spaced abstract, CV, and letter of interest.
For more conference details, visit:
http://conference.collegeart.org/2010/

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