Call for Papers
Italy, Persia, and Early Modern Globalism

Session at the College Art Association Conference, Chicago

Cristelle Baskins, Tufts University, and Pamela Jones, UMass Boston
Email: Cristelle.baskinstufts.edu<mailto:Cristelle.baskinstufts.edu>
and pamela.jonesumb.edu<mailto:pamela.jonesumb.edu>

In late antiquity the eastern frontier of the Roman empire confronted
Sassanian Persia. The rivalry between these two world empires was
redefined centuries later when the Pope served as the titular head of
Christendom and the Shah led Safavid Iran. This session centers on
interactions between Italians and Persians as represented in visual
culture from 1500-1700. Papers that consider dialogue and exchange,
transculturation, or cultural mobility will be especially welcome.
Topics might include: maps and travel, missionaries and hagiography,
embassies and political imagery, and involve media such as paintings,
sculptures, prints, ephemeral decorations, and the decorative arts.

For further information, application form and procedure, see:
http://www.collegeart.org/proposals/2014callforparticipation