Appel à contribution : « Celebrations at Court. Ephemeral Objects, Materials, and Machineries in the Early Modern Period », Copenhague, University of Copenhagen, 2-3 novembre 2023, date limite le 20 mars 2023
Enhancing the cultural prestige and power of the princely dynasties, early modern European courts invested vast amounts of resources and effort into various art forms at their festivities, including ephemeral objects. With this international conference we wish to explore the appearances and functions of ephemeral objects, materials, and machineries used at court festivities, and their relations to spectacles and performances in general. The focus will be on the 16th and 17th centuries, potentially drawing lines...