Revising the Renaissance Concept: Global Collections as a Means to a New Definition
2-4 November, 2023 | Lisbon, School of Arts and Humanities of the University of Lisbon > auditorium III (room A201) and via Zoom

pub: 3 March, 2023 | updated: 10 October, 2023

Today, Giorgio Vasari's concept of a "Florentine Renaissance" as interpreted by Burckhardt is increasingly considered old-fashioned. According to modern research, this "Renaissance" is no longer seen as a unique phenomenon anchored exclusively in fifteenth- and sixteenth-century Italy and Italian culture. The art and culture of the period can be studied for example as part of a series of renaissances starting in Late Antiquity or in the Carolingian Age, as well as within an international, even global context. As the idea of "Renaissance" is being challenged, renaissance collections, their contents and biographies also come under review.

Although renaissance collections may frequently have conformed to a canon of antiquities in combination with early modern Italian art, they included many categories of objects from all over the world. Close examination of collections shows that objects, concepts, categories and standards were traded and exchanged between collectors, scholars and courts across Europe. A more chronologically and geographically inclusive view of renaissance collections therefore likely has an impact on our understanding and definition of the renaissance period.

This conference will bring together scholars interested in international collections and global networks of collectors during the early modern era.

Organisers: Andrea M. Gáldy (LMU München) & Luís U. Afonso (University of Lisbon)

Organisation: ARTIS - Institute of Art History, Centre for History of the University of Lisbon & Erasmus Mundus International Master in Managing Art & Cultural Heritage in Global Markets

Note: Link Zoom [ID meeting: 987 4388 1893 | Password: Lisbon]

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