
ARTISTS, AVARICE AND AMBITION IN EUROPE, 1300-1600
Deadline 10 November 2014
9-11 April 2015. AAH Annual Conference, University of East Anglia, Norwich. Close abstract
In Trecento Italy Giotto di Bondone was working on major commissions in Florence whilst buying property and conducting complex business transactions in the rural Mugello. Michelangelo, as recently published documents show, also accumulated wealth from a variety of sources in addition to his art. In sixteenth century Northern Europe Dürer exemplified the spirit of commercial enterprise by employing agents to sell his engravings and find new markets for his works all over the Netherlands. Less commonly women artists made economic contributions to family workshops. The commercial astuteness of the engraver and printmaker Diana Scultori, who held a Papal Privilege allowing her to sign and market her work, is a notable example.
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Artists were ambitious and money mattered. The economic interaction between artists, patrons, institutions and ideologies in Europe 1300 -1600 is the focus of ongoing critical study, including recent exhibitions exploring the influence of bankers, merchants and international trade on art and artists.
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This session encourages a multidisciplinary approach to debate the idea of the artist as businessman or woman. It will consider the ways in which artists were developing and exploiting networks of wealthy patrons and producing works which engaged with changing and often controversial economic discourse. Papers will be welcomed which explore these issues. Abstracts should be no longer than 250 words, and should be sent
to the session organizers Jill Harrison and Vicky Ley along with a short CV (max 2 pages) and a biographical note.
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Marie Piccoli-Wentzo (22 août 2014). Appel à contribution: “Artists, avarice and ambition in Europe, 1300-1600”, 9-11 April 2015, AAH Annual Conference, University of East Anglia, Norwich, date limite 10 novembre 2014. Collectif d'Historiens de l'Art de la Renaissance. Consulté le 25 avril 2025 à l’adresse https://doi.org/10.58079/mnek