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The Presence of America in Madrid
Presencia de América en Madrid
Art, Images and Material Culture in Transit
Cultura material, arte e imágenes en tránsito
Published on Thursday, June 24, 2021
Abstract
As is well known, during the Early Modern period, hundreds of objects, artworks, painted and illustrated documents and manuscripts were sent from the Spanish viceroyalties in America to Iberian Spain. This circulation has been the object of renewed academic interest in recent years. In response to this trend, it seems necessary to better understand the particular place that Madrid, as both city (villa) and court (corte), occupied within this broader phenomenon. We invite proposals based on original research that can contribute to advancing the current state of knowledge and explore new questions and theoretical frameworks for our better understanding of these unique objects and works of art.
Announcement
International Conference The Presence of America in Madrid: Art, Images and Material Culture in Transit
Organized by: AmerMad Project in collaboration with the Royal Academy of San Fernando, Madrid
Dates: 3-4 (or 10-11) February 2022 (exacts dates to be confirmed)
Place: Real Academia de San Fernando, Madrid
Argument
Organized within the context of the research project AmerMad (America in Madrid. Interconnected Patrimony and Touristic Impact in the Comunidad de Madrid), this colloquium seeks to analyze the current state of knowledge regarding viceregal art in Madrid.
As is well known, during the Early Modern period, hundreds of objects, artworks, painted and illustrated documents and manuscripts were sent from the Spanish viceroyalties in America to Iberian Spain. This circulation has been the object of renewed academic interest in recent years. In response to this trend, it seems necessary to better understand the particular place that Madrid, as both city (villa) and court (corte), occupied within this broader phenomenon.
The presence of objects with a Spanish American provenance in Madrid has mostly been studied through the lens of the monarchy since the crown was a primary patron, generator, and receiver of all kinds of objects and images, both of documentary and artistic value. Nonetheless, as Madrid, grew and developed into a major city in the 17th and 18 th centuries, it began to harbor many important institutions which offer other scenarios to explore: great convents, schools, academies, hospitals and churches with their respective religious congregations, all of them places of productive encounters for many people involved and/or connected in some way with life on the other side of the Atlantic.
One of the aims of this colloquium is to refresh and update what we know about the Spanish American patrimony in Madrid between the 16th and the 18th centuries. Another objective is to consider the place that these works should or could occupy in a renewed narrative of the history of art in Spain that is more inclusive, transversal and multicultural.
What stories about Madrid and its art have gone amiss? And, have they remained int he background because of traditional disciplinary divides, such as the one that separates Spanish art (or art in Spain) from Spanish American art? How can we think of madrid as a crossroads where Iberian and colonial art met? How did objects that came from America interact or engage with local developments of taste, consumption, religious practice, devotion and identity, as well as artistic processes and projects taking place in the capital? In addition, we encourage consideration of how these objects were displayed, if they were more or less visible, and how they have been transformed by changing displays, ther meanings becoming more or less relevant for Madrid's society as times changed.
We invite proposals based on original research that can contribute to advancing the current state of knowledge and explore new questions and theoretical frameworks for our better understanding of these unique objects and works of art.
Submission guidelines
Please send proposals (400-600 word length) along with a short CV to: elena.alcala@uam.es benito.navarrete@uah.es
Due date: September 20, 2021
Accepted participants will be notified by October 1st
Languages: papers can be in Spanish, English, French, Italian, or Portuguese
Directors
Luisa Elena Alcalá and Benito Navarrete Prieto
Scientific committee
- Antonio Álvarez-Ossorio Alvariño (UAM)
- Mirian Galante Becerril (UAM)
- María Martín Gil (IPCE)
- Pilar Ponce Leiva (UCM)
- Víctor Manuel Peralta Ruiz (CSIC)
- Alfonso Rodríguez Gutiérrez de Ceballos (RABASF)
Subjects
- America (Main category)
- Mind and language > Representation > Cultural history
- Mind and language > Representation > History of art
- Mind and language > Representation > Heritage
- Mind and language > Representation > Visual studies
- Mind and language > Representation > Cultural identities
- Mind and language > Representation
Places
- Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando
Madrid, Kingdom of Spain
Date(s)
- Monday, September 20, 2021
Attached files
Keywords
- America in Madrid, Patrimony, Early Modern, developments of taste, consumption, religious practice, devotion and identity
Contact(s)
- Benito Navarrete Prieto
courriel : benito [dot] navarrete [at] uah [dot] es - Luisa Elena Alcalá
courriel : elena [dot] alcala [at] uam [dot] es
Reference Urls
Information source
- Benito Navarrete Prieto
courriel : benito [dot] navarrete [at] uah [dot] es
License
This announcement is licensed under the terms of Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal.
To cite this announcement
« The Presence of America in Madrid », Call for papers, Calenda, Published on Thursday, June 24, 2021, https://doi.org/10.58079/16ud
