THOSE WILDER SORTS OF PAINTINGS: REVISITING MURALS IN BRITAIN 1600-1750
Murray Edwards College,
University of Cambridge
16 September 2016
Our 2016 seminar focused on mural painting and its place within the cultural life of Britain and Europe in the 17th and early 18th centuries, highlighting new ways of looking at the work, its artists and patrons. Our aim was to stimulate interest in this often overlooked genre and its place in British art-historical studies. We exchanged ideas about the history, meaning, workshop practice and iconography of mural art, as well as its significance within contemporary British and Continental visual cultures.
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SEMINAR PROGRAMME & ABSTRACTS
Our speakers were:
Stijn Bussels (Universiteit Leiden)
Ute Engel (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen)
Lydia Hamlett (University of Cambridge)
Nick Nace (Hampden-Sydney College)
Richard Johns (University of York)
David McNeil (University of Dalhousie)
Andrew Pinnock (University of Southampton)
Julie Farguson (University of Oxford)
Stacey Hickling (University College, London)
Francois Marandet (IESA)
Christina Strunck (Fredrich-Alexander-Universitat,
Erlangen-Nurnberg)
Laurel Peterson (Yale University)
Anya Matthews (ORNC, Greenwich)