Call for Papers: Salvator Rosa in Britain

The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art will be hosting
a conference, Salvator Rosa in Britain, on October 18th, 2010, at
Dulwich Picture Gallery, London, to accompany the exhibition
Salvator Rosa (1615-1673) : Bandits, Wilderness and Magic, to be
held there from 15 September - 28 November 2010. Rosa has always had
a double importance for art in Britain, as both painter and
phenomenon, and the conference aims to explore his vast impact on
both painters and writers. Possible themes might include collectors
and collecting; Rosa and concepts of the sublime, both in landscape
and in magic, prophecy and enchantment; the afterlife of some
outstanding works once or still in Britain, such as the Democritus,
Belisarius, Atilius Regulus, Empedocles leap into Etna; Rosa and the
concepts of Romantic genius and the freedom of the artist; the myths
woven around Rosa's biography; bandits and witches.

Please send a 500-word outline of your proposal for a twenty-five
minute presentation, along with a CV and a list of publications.

The deadline for submission of proposals is 30 December 2009.

The proposal should be sent to Helenlangdonhotmail.com