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ASECS Panel: Collecting, Antiquities, and Eighteenth-Century Art

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Posted by: American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies
Deadline: Sun, September 15th, 2019

Collecting, Antiquities, and Eighteenth-Century Art, American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies Annual Meeting in St. Louis from March 19-21, 2020. 

Organized by Lauren DiSalvo, Dixie State University; lauren.disalvo@dixie.edu and Katherine Iselin, University of Missouri; ktp.iselin@gmail.com

The influence of the Greco-Roman world permeated eighteenth-century visual and material culture following the excavations that began at Pompeii and Herculaneum. Demand for large-scale sculpture and their copies, Greek vases, and the many Neoclassical paintings that were influenced by antiquity rose in the wake of eighteenth-century excavations as collectors passionately sought such objects. Likewise, more portable souvenirs such as prints, micro-mosaics, fans, gems, and architectural models also found their way into collectors’ hands. This panel seeks papers that examine the intersections of collecting, antiquities, and eighteenth-century art. What new perspectives can be used to explore how Greco-Roman art functioned in collecting during the long eighteenth century? This panel looks to examine collecting more broadly, including collections of specific collectors, types of popular collectibles, or reworked Greco-Roman artifacts. 

Abstracts due September 15.

https://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/acf0d2_4a21747702ce426b9b7f69b69ee70847.pdf

Posted on Mon, August 12th, 2019
Expires on Sun, September 15th, 2019

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