CFP: MASTER AND PUPIL
SECAC, 30 Oct. – 2 Nov. 2, Greensboro, North Carolina. Chair:  Vida J. Hull, East Tennessee State University. Papers are invited that examine any aspect of the relationship between master and pupil from any historical period, such as guild regulations and training, influence and dependency in the art, or the process of developing independence and artistic autonomy. This includes investigations of workshop practices and the emergence of artistic education from workshop to studio practice as guild-dominated instruction wanes. Studies of the relationships between specific artists, including both well-known and anonymous or minor artists, are encouraged, as are papers that examine and critique evidence of workshop practice. Please send abstract and vita toVida J. Hull. Deadline: ASAP.

SECAC (Southeastern College Art Conference) is a non-profit organization that promotes the study and practice of the visual arts in higher education on a national basis. Originally founded to represent artists, art historians, and art educators in the southeastern United States, SECAC has grown to include individual and institutional members from across the United States, becoming the second largest national organization of its kind.  Proposals to most sessions are now closed, but chair is seeking papers to replace those lost to double submissions.

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CFP: RSA 2014. IAS members are encouraged to submit proposals to the calls for papers to one of the five the IAS-sponsored sessions to be held at the 2014 meeting of the Renaissance Society of America. Deadline 24 May. More information.

The IAS lists grant and fellowship opportunities by outside funding agencies of interest to our members. Descriptions are now grouped by eligibility categories: graduate students, junior scholars, and open rank fellowships. The webmaster welcomes submissions for additional postings.

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2013 IAS/KRESS LECTURE IN ITALY, Rome
The 2013 IAS/Kress lecture will be given by Sarah Blake McHam (Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey) at the Fondazione Marco Besso, Largo di Torre Argentina #11 on Tuesday, 28 May at 6:00pm, followed by a reception.

Laocoön, or Pliny Vindicated
On January 14, 1506, a discovery shook the artistic and antiquarian worlds of Italy. After decades of digging up unidentifiable fragments, a major over-life-size statue group was unearthed in Rome that was both almost complete and autographed. The subject matter, Laocoőn and his two sons entangled by murderous sea serpents, was unusual enough to be readily recognized as the doomed Trojans Virgil had described (Aeneid 2.201-27). Furthermore, the marble was inscribed with the names of the collaborators, Hagesandros, Polydorus and Athenodorus. The sculpture’s subject and signatures allowed it to be readily matched to the Roman Pliny the Elder’s lengthy laudatory description in his Natural History (c. 77 AD). If Pliny’s notice confirmed the sculpture was the Laocoön, then its discovery had the reciprocal effect of corroborating Pliny’s accuracy and reliability. As this paper will show, the Natural History solidified its status as a favorite reference source throughout the sixteenth century. The demonstrated unimpeachable nature of Pliny’s testimony influenced period developments in both Italian art and theory. More information.

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The 2013 Spring Newsletter is now available:

President’s Message from Cathleen A. Fleck
Review of Revealing the Early Renaissance: Stories and Secrets in Florentine Art by Gilbert Jones
Review of Tiziano at the Scudiere del Quirinale by Linda Nolan
Preview of Italian Art Society-Kress Foundation Lecture, “Laocoön, or Pliny Vindicated,” to be given by Sarah Blake McHam
IAS at the AAIS by Nicola Camerlenghi
Summer Research — Library News: The Bibliotheca Hertziana in Rome Reopens; Renovations at the KHIF continue

Calls For Participation
Conferences/ Symposia To Attend
Spring/Summer Exhibitions
News and Announcements

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