Deconstructing Feminine Civility
Posted by Editors on August 10, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Here’s the abstract to the talk that I’m delivering at the Renaissance Society of America Annual Conference, Washington, DC, in March 2012. It will be part of the session “Playing with Convention: Humor and the Early Modern Portrait,” that I am co-organizing with Sandra Cheng. Deconstructing Feminine Civility: Counter-Portraits of Élite Women by Jan Steen Early modern … Continue reading →
Category Art, Art History, Baroque, Comedy, Conferences, Culture, Dutch Art, Early Modern Art, History, Humor, Uncategorized
Cindy Sherman Article Cited
Posted by Editors on June 3, 2011 · Leave a Comment
First drafted as a job talk in 2004 (no, I didn’t get the job), and later reworked so as to not let my hard work go to waste, my 2007 article on Cindy Sherman’s “History Portraits” continues to have a life of its own. MetroPictures, Sherman’s home gallery, found it when it first came out … Continue reading →
Category Art History, Baroque, Writing · Tagged with photography
CFP RSA 2012 – “Playing with Convention: Humor and the Early Modern Portrait”
Posted by Editors on May 2, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Announcing a Call for Papers—May 20, 2011 Deadline Renaissance Society of America Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, 22-24 March 2012 “Playing with Convention: Humor and the Early Modern Portrait” We seek paper proposals on works that appear to manipulate the conventions of portraiture. In particular, we are interested in visual representations that exploit strategies of irony, comedy, … Continue reading →
Category Art, Art History, Baroque, Comedy, Conferences, Culture, History, Renaissance
Bean Kings, the Fantasy Interior and More…
Posted by Editors on April 18, 2011 · Leave a Comment
I have three exciting announcements! :) My article, “The Elephant in the Living Room: Jan Steen’s Fantasy Interior as Parodic Portrait of the Schouten Family,” appears in Aurora: Journal of the History of Art, vol. XI [12/2010]. You can also find “Enchanting the Intellect and the Eye,” my review of A. Georgievska-Shine’s book, Rubens and the Archaeology … Continue reading →
Category Art, Art History, Baroque, Comedy, Culture, History, Iconography, Religion, Uncategorized
Upcoming Publications
Posted by Editors on May 15, 2010 · Leave a Comment
I have two contributions in Aurora: The Journal of the History of Art, vol. XI, to be published in November of 2010. First, my article “The Elephant in the Living Room: Jan Steen’s Fantasy Interior as Parodic Portrait of the Schoutens.” Here’s a synopsis: The Dutch painter Jan Steen (ca. 1626–79) is well known for his topsy-turvy comic … Continue reading →
Category Antiquity, Art, Art History, Baroque, Comedy, Culture, History, Iconography, Renaissance
Defining Community Through Laughter
Posted by Editors on March 24, 2010 · 2 Comments
Along with a dear colleague, Sandra Cheng, I am co-chairing two sessions at the upcoming Renaissance Society of America annual meeting in beautiful Venice, Italy. Our sessions are on Friday, April 9 at the Fondazione Giorgio Cini on Isola San Giorgio Maggiore. Professor David Levine will be serving as our respondent, facilitating wide-ranging fruitful discussions … Continue reading →
Category Art, Art History, Baroque, Comedy, Renaissance
“Le Baroque en Flandres” Exhibition, Paris
Posted by Editors on March 23, 2010 · 2 Comments
If you’re in Paris between Feb. 16 and May 07, 2010 be sure to stop by the École Nationale Supérieure de Beaux Arts for the drawing show “Le Baroque en Flandres: Rubens, Van Dyck, Jordaens.” “The show exhibits original works on paper by several of the most prestigious 17th-century artists: Peter-Paul Rubens, Anthony Van Dyck … Continue reading →
Upcoming Publication
Posted by Editors on June 26, 2009 · Leave a Comment
For those who might be interested, my latest article, “The Wise Man has Two Tongues: Images of The Satyr and the Peasant by Jordaens and Steen,” will appear in Myth in History, History in Myth, volume 182 in Brill’s Studies in Intellectual History series. It is due out in August of 2009. Here’s the article abstract: “In … Continue reading →
Category Antiquity, Art, Baroque, Comedy, Culture, History, Iconography, Mythology · Tagged with Aesop's Fables, carnival, communitas, Dutch Art, Dutch History, Dutch Painting, E.J. Brill, Flemish Art, Flemish Painting, Jacob Jordaens, Jan Steen, Myth in History: History in Myth, Peasant, Renaissance Humanism, Satyr
Venus was a Nun
Posted by Editors on July 4, 2008 · 8 Comments
Venus was a Nun: and Other Things Your Mother Never Told You Though my post‘s title may sound like a Monty Python quip, it derives from a real phenomenon, that of syncretism. Syncretism is the reconciliation of disparate or contradictory beliefs, a term first coined by Plutarch (“Fraternal Love,” Moralia [2.490b], 1st c. AD). It … Continue reading →
Category Antiquity, Baroque, Iconography, Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, Renaissance · Tagged with "Concord is a mighty rampart.", A History of God, Abrahamic religions, Alciati, Antiquity, Aphrodite, Baroque, Cesara Ripa, Chastity, Christianity, Erasmus of Rotterdam, Islam, Judaism, Karen Armstrong, Monotheism, Monty Python, Pausanias, Plutarch, Pudicitia, Renaissance, revealed religions, syncretism, Venus, W.S. Heckscher
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