CfP The Baroque Villa

Suburban and Country Residences ca. 1600-1800

CALL FOR PAPERS

International Symposium:

The Baroque Villa

suburban and country residences

c. 1600-1800

October 18-20, 2007

Wilanów Palace Museum and Institute of Art History, Warsaw University, invite presentations for an international conference The Baroque Villa-suburban and country residences c. 1600-1800, to be held at the Wilanów Palace from Thursday, October 18, through Saturday, October 20, 2007.

The villa as an architectural and cultural phenomenon has received a fair share of scholarly attention. This interest, however, has predominantly focused on a number of issues, most notably on the ancient Roman villa culture, and its revival during the Italian “Renaissance”. The villa architecture and the re-conceptualization of “villeggiatura” ideology in the later early modern period, and in other geographical areas, have thus far eluded a more comprehensive examination. The objective of the conference is to address these issues and to explore the “Baroque” villa

(c. 1600-1800) through a variety of case studies as well as papers addressing more general or methodological issues.

We welcome proposals representing diverse disciplines and theoretical perspectives, including presentations of primary research on individual works of architecture, as well as broad explorations of the cultural context defining the contemporary villa and analyzing the relationship between artistic and ideological regimes. We particularly seek submissions that critique, historicize or problematize the term “Baroque” as applied to villa architecture, as well as papers that explore issues such as shifts in contemporary theoretical discourses on villeggiatura, or changes in the villa economy and architecture due to localized/regional practice.

Papers investigating the interplay between the urban/suburban and rural in contemporary culture, the impact of court culture as well as the role of the market for cultural commodities in the transformation of the “Baroque” villa, as well as those exploring the formal and functional conventions of its interior design, are also encouraged.

PROPOSAL GUIDELINES

Proposals for 30-minute papers (including a 250-word abstract and a brief curriculum vitae, along with a mailing address, telephone number, fax and e-mail address) should be submitted by September 1, 2006 to

Ms Marta Gołąbek

Wilanów Palace Museum

Ul. Stanisława Kostki Potockiego 10/16

02-958, Warszawa

e-mail: mgolabek@muzeum-wilanow.pl or dzialsztuki@wilanow-palac.art.pl

telephone: (+48) 22 842 81 01 ext. 111

(+48) 22 842 24 07

fax: (+48) 22 842 31 16

http://www.wilanow-palac.art.pl/index.php?mod=news&id=50&PHPSESSID=345c7f026c0961799a9edaaca2cf0a03

Proposals may be mailed, faxed or e-mailed (e-mail submission is preferred).

Papers will be selected competitively on the basis of the abstracts. Authors of the successful submissions will be notified during the week of October 15, 2006. Full version of the papers will be due on July 31, 2007.

Funds will be available to cover travel costs, fully or partially, for the speakers.

A publication of selected papers is planned following the conference.