Precious Ornaments 3
L’ornement précieux 3
Diffusion and Appreciation of Precious Ornaments and Jewelry in Europe Between Baroque and Rococo (1650-1750)
Diffusion et appréciation de l’ornement précieux et du bijou en Europe entre Baroque et Rococo (1650-1750)
Published on Monday, December 16, 2024
Abstract
This is the third in a series of study days dedicated to the history of precious ornaments in Europe since the Middle Ages. Favoring an interdisciplinary approach inspired by Aby Warburgh, specialists, historians and art historians, philologists, philosophers and gemologists, will share their groundbreaking research on the history of precious arts, gemstones, craftsmanship and finery, between Baroque and Rococo periods.
Announcement
Presentation
On January 23 and 24, 2025, the Collège de France will host the third session of an art history seminar on precious ornaments: "Diffusion and Appreciation of Precious Ornaments and Jewelry in Europe between Baroque and Rococo (1650-1750)". The proceedings of Precious Ornaments 1, "Functions of Precious Ornaments in European Courts in the Late Middle Ages and during the Renaissance" were published in 2023. The proceedings of Precious Ornaments 2, "Precious Ornaments and Jewelry in the Art and Life of European Courts from the Renaissance to the Baroque Age" is being published.
The seminar is organized by Francesco Solinas, Associate Professor at the Collège de France, Marie-Laure Cassius-Duranton and Guillaume Glorieux, respectively Research Professor and Director of Education and Research at L'ECOLE, School of Jewelry Arts, with the support of Van Cleef & Arpels. This is a partnership between L'ECOLE, School of Jewelry Arts, the Collège de France, the CNRS and the ENS.
Participation
The Study Days will be broadcast live with simultaneous French-English translation on L'ECOLE website.
The proceedings will be published.
To attend in person, please contact Dominique Simon: dominique.simon75@gmail.com
Program
Collège de France, January 23 and 24, 2025, room 2, 11 place Marcelin Berthelot, 75005 Paris
Thursday 23 January
10am: Francesco Solinas (Collège de France): Welcome
10.10am: Guillaume Glorieux (L'ECOLE, School of Jewelry Arts): Preamble
10.20am: Marie-Laure Cassius-Duranton (L'ECOLE, School of Jewelry Arts): Presentation of Precious Ornaments 2 (proceedings of the second edition of the Study Days on Precious Ornaments)
10.30am-11.10am: Stéphane Castelluccio (CNRS, Paris): From Rome to Versailles. Imaginary and Seductive Power of Hard Stone Vases of King Louis XIV
11.30am-12.10pm: Cécile Lugand (Van Cleef & Arpels): The Gemstones Trade During the 17th Century According to Jean-Baptiste Tavernier
12.10pm-12.50pm: Francesco Solinas (Collège de France): Il gioiello della Vita. King Louis XIV and the République des Lettres
3pm-3.40pm: Maria Cristina Paoluzzi (Independent Researcher, Rome): Ciro Ferri, Grand Master of Precious Ornaments During the Baroque Age
3.40pm-4.20pm: Léonard Pouy (L'ECOLE, School of Jewelry Arts): Deference and Repetition. The Art of Miniature Portraiture in Molded Enamel Under King Louis XIV
4.40pm-5.20pm: Jack Ogden (Independent Researcher, United Kingdom): Reaching a Price: How Gems were valued during the 17th to 18th Centuries
Friday 24 January
10.00am-10.40am: Giada Policicchio (Università di Salerno & Kunsthistorisches Institut, Florence): The "Belles" Portraits Painted for Princess Violante-Beatrice of Bavaria (1673-1731). Fashion and Jewelry at the Court of Florence between the 17th and 18th Centuries
10.40am-11.20am: Maria Celeste Cola (Independent Researcher, Rome): Jewels and Precious Ornaments in Roman Inventories During the First Half of the 18th Century
11.40am-12.20pm: Guillaume Glorieux (L'ECOLE, School of Jewelry Arts): "Gems of Paper". Gems and Jewels in the Gersaint Auction Catalogs (1736-1750)
12.20pm-1.00pm: Dirk Syndram (Grünes Gewölbe, Dresden): August the Strong and the Treasure Art
3.00pm-3.40pm: Rui Galopim de Carvalho (Independent Gemologist, Lisbon): Portuguese Diamond Jewellery 1650-1750: Before and After Brazil
3.40pm-4.20pm: Cecilia Grilli (Independent Researcher, Rome): 18th-Century Jewelry: Exceptional Discoveries on the Art Market
4.40pm-5.20pm: Geoffrey Ripert (Anne L. Poulet Curatorial Fellow, The Frick Collection, New York): From Dust to Lustre: Working with Rare Marbles during the 18th Century in France
Subjects
- Representation (Main category)
- Society > Science studies > History of science
- Mind and language > Representation > Cultural history
- Mind and language > Representation > History of art
- Society > Ethnology, anthropology > Cultural anthropology
- Mind and language > Representation > Heritage
- Periods > Early modern
- Zones and regions > Europe
Places
- amphithéâtre 2 - 11, place Marcelin Berthelot
Paris, France (75005)
Event attendance modalities
Hybrid event (on site and online)
Date(s)
- Thursday, January 23, 2025
- Friday, January 24, 2025
Keywords
- bijou, gemme, pierre précieuse, pierre, glyptique, émail, lapidaire, ornement, arts précieux, joaillerie, orfèvrerie, jewel, gemstone, stone, glyptics, enamel, lapidary, ornaments, precious arts, jewelry, jewellery, goldsmithing, silversmithing
Contact(s)
- Marie-Laure Cassius-Duranton
courriel : marie-laure [dot] cassius-duranton [at] vancleefarpels [dot] com
Reference Urls
Information source
- Marie-Laure Cassius-Duranton
courriel : marie-laure [dot] cassius-duranton [at] vancleefarpels [dot] com
License
This announcement is licensed under the terms of Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal.
To cite this announcement
« Precious Ornaments 3 », Study days, Calenda, Published on Monday, December 16, 2024, https://doi.org/10.58079/12xp0
