Appel à communication : « Between Figure and Ground : Seeing in Premodernity », Bâle, date limite le 22 décembre 2019
The terms “figure” and “ground” became fundamental to art critique and art historical scholarship over the course of the twentieth century. However, to what extent these dichotomies can describe premodern art and artifacts remains largely unquestioned. The international conference « Between Figure and Ground: Seeing in Premodernity » aims to critique and expand vocabularies used to describe, analyze, and interpret medieval and early modern pictures. The conference brings together art history, image theory (Bildwissenschaft), historiography, and methodological...