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
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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
Posted by Editors on September 27, 2008 · Leave a Comment
I Would Be Remiss… I just wanted to formally congratulate Monsieur Colbert on his Emmy win for outstanding writing. Let us not forget that Colbert’s victory is all the more poignant considering the tricky highwire act that he had to do while the writers’ strike was going on. (During that woeful time I mused … Continue reading →
Posted by Editors on September 18, 2008 · 1 Comment
Through His Glasses, Smartly Has anyone else noticed that Stephen Colbert recently exchanged his glasses for a new pair? A pair eerily similar to those worn by McCain’s running-mate? I can’t remember. Did it happen right after the Republican convention? (Somebody cue up footage before and after to check…) Oh, you naughty, naughty … Continue reading →
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