Appel à communications : Early Modern Tools of Artistic Production, RSA, date limite le 10 août 2022
The tools used by early modern artists and artisans including brushes, canvases, drills, chisels, palettes, weights, compasses, kilns, and countless other implements used in the fabrication and creation of works of art or craft, became entangled with professional identity and mastery over a medium. In this vein, artistic tools often served as a metonym for the body of the consummate artist. At the same time, the instruments used by artists had real and tangible ramifications...