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Goldsmiths, Ivory Carvers, Embroiderers: Identity in the Medieval Workshop
Warburg Institute, School of Advanced Study, University of London
Re-opening the Workshop: Medieval to Early Modern - Lecture Series / Workshop and workshop practices represent a core and dynamic research strand in the history of art. This strand encompasses the study of canonical artists but equally of the anonymous producers whose activities can be deduced from the surviving art objects, thanks to ever developing research questions and methodologies. This topic helps us to think about the agents and their networks (artists, patrons and other market consumers), objects and socio-economic factors (making, buying and trading) as well as the broader cultural issues of the transmission of skills and ideas (the movement of artists, objects and imagery). Our lecture series brings together leading experts in medieval and early modern historical periods in and beyond Europe, particular highpoints for the study of workshop practices, and also those researching workshop continuities and changes in later centuries, including digital mediation.
Glyn Davis (Museum of London)
16/05/2018
Goldsmiths, Ivory Carvers, Embroiderers: Identity in the Medieval Workshop
Warburg Institute, School of Advanced Study, University of London
Re-opening the Workshop: Medieval to Early Modern - Lecture Series / Workshop and workshop practices represent a core and dynamic research strand in the history of art. This strand encompasses the study of canonical artists but equally of the anonymous producers whose activities can be deduced from the surviving art objects, thanks to ever developing research questions and methodologies. This topic helps us to think about the agents and their networks (artists, patrons and other market consumers), objects and socio-economic factors (making, buying and trading) as well as the broader cultural issues of the transmission of skills and ideas (the movement of artists, objects and imagery). Our lecture series brings together leading experts in medieval and early modern historical periods in and beyond Europe, particular highpoints for the study of workshop practices, and also those researching workshop continuities and changes in later centuries, including digital mediation.
Glyn Davis (Museum of London)
16/05/2018
