Congrès AAUC 2012 / UAAC Conference 2012
Session:

New Light on the Workshop: Display, Self-Fashioning, and Self-Promotion
in the Early Modern Period

By investigating the display and the material history of early modern
artists’ workshops, this session aims to problematize models for the
study of artists’ identity, self-promotion, and self-fashioning. What
was on display in the workshop? How was the display of sketches,
models, finished works, or artistic collections articulated within the
working space? How were these objects related to the artists’ work or
taste, and how did objects on display play a role in
marketing/self-fashioning strategies? Was the display dynamic in
relation to particular occasions (e.g. visits to studios)? How did
artists stage themselves, and to what extent was the materiality of
their artistic practice displayed or concealed? How were the
architecture and urban location of workshops related to artists’
self-positioning within the art market and within society?
Papers may explore diverse geographical areas and investigate visual
evidence, inventories, descriptions of workshops, guidebooks,
narratives of visits to studios, and other sources.

Session Chairs:
Francesco Freddolini, Luther College, University of Regina/The Getty
Research Institute, Los Angeles (Francesco.Freddoliniuregina.ca)
Cinzia M. Sicca Bursill-Hall, Università di Pisa, Italy
(siccaarte.unipi.it)

- Paper proposals should be of no more than 250 words in length; please
attach a brief cv (no more than 100 words).
- Please forward all submissions by email directly to the Session
Chairs.
- The deadline for submissions to the Call for Papers is 4 June 2012.
- All presenters must be members of UAAC-AAUC.
- Members may present only one paper at the Conference.
- All presenters must register for the conference before 14 September
2012.
- For further information: http://www.uaac-aauc.com