Neoclassical Reverberations of Discovering Antiquity

Torino, Archivio di Stato, 6-10 ottobre 2014

Twelfth conference of the ICTM Study Group for the Iconography of the Performing Arts

Call for papers entro il 1° maggio 2014

 

ICTM Study Group for the Iconography of the Performing Arts

and

Istituto per i beni musicali in Piemonte

are announcing the conference

 

Neoclassical Reverberations of Discovering Antiquity

Twelfth conference of the ICTM Study Group for the Iconography of the Performing Arts

Archivio di Stato di Torino, Torino, 6-10 October 2014

 

With the discoveries of Herculaneum and Pompeii, the eighteenth century marked a birth of modern archaeological methods. The newly discovered Roman sights became a leading attraction for intellectuals travelling in Italy on the grand tour, equally admired by royalty, young British students, or artists and musicians. On the other hand, Napoleon’s Egyptian Campaign enforced in a new way the fashion of Egyptomania, which could be in its different forms traced back to antiquity. These new opportunities for the study of the Mediterranean antiquity and general fascination with it made the ancient artistic vocabulary fashionable throughout Europe and reflected in the most diverse aspects of nineteenth-century life, ranging from the decoration of public buildings and the artistic and architectural styles, to fashion, furniture, and opera libretti. The conference aims to examine influences and reflections of this new knowledge about antiquity on visual arts as related to music.

 

Music in neoclassical visual art

The impact of archaeological explorations at Pompeii and  Herculaneum

New visions of ancient musical life and myth

Public buildings decorated in the ancient Roman style

Music of ancient Egypt and North Africa seen by the Western artists

Ancient Orient (Nineveh, Babylonia, Palmira) on the operatic stage

Antiquity in opera scenography

Musical impressions by artists on grand tours

 

Free papers will be also considered

 

Abstracts of 200–300 words may be submitted before 1 May 2014 to:

 

Zdravko Blažeković

Research Center for Music Iconography

City University of New York, The Graduate Center

365 Fifth Avenue

New York, NY 10016-4309

zblazekovic@gc.cuny.edu

 

Cristina Santarelli

Istituto per i Beni Musicali in Piemonte

Via Anton Giulio Barrili 7

10134 Torino

cristina.santarelli@tin.it

 

Further information will be posted at http://www.ictmusic.org/group/iconography-performing-arts and http://www.ibmp.it/entrata.htm