[Discussion] Past Perfected: Antiquity and its Reinventions

[Sule Tarakcioglu]

Past Perfected: Antiquity and its Reinventions
(Los Angeles, 6-8 April 2006)

Past Perfected: Antiquity and its Reinventions
Accomplir le Pass=E9: l’Antiquit=E9 et ses r=E9inventions

The NCHA solicits 250-word proposals for 25-minute papers for a conferenc=
e
exploring how classical antiquity and its legacy have been displayed,
represented, and imagined in cultural contexts around the globe and to th=
e
present. Two major L.A. museum collections (the Huntington and the newly
refurbished Getty Villa) provide a catalyst for examining how gardens,=20
villas,
and works of art have stimulated responses ranging from aesthetic=20
contemplation
to eroticized desire. Conference panels will encompass perspectives=20
generated
from both inside and outside European aesthetic traditions. The
conference’s four sessions will focus on “the=20
classical” as a
site of fascination and fantasy where the past is presented and represent=
ed,
studied and staged, consumed and contested.

Des propositions courtes (250 mots) de communications de 25 minutes doive=
nt
parvenir au NCHA pour ce colloque qui se propose d’examiner comment
l’Antiquit=E9 classique et son h=E9ritage ont =E9t=E9 expos=E9s, re=
pr=E9sent=E9s et
imagin=E9s dans diff=E9rents contextes culturels de par le monde et=20
jusqu’=E0
aujourd’hui. Deux collections majeures des mus=E9es de Los Angeles=20
(celles
du Huntington et la Villa Getty nouvellement r=E9am=E9nag=E9e) fournissen=
t un
stimulant point de d=E9part pour analyser ce que jardins, villas et=20
œuvres
d’art ont =E9veill=E9 d’=E9chos allant de la contemplation=20
esth=E9tique au
d=E9sir =E9rotique. Des tables-rondes confronteront des points de vue iss=
us des
traditions esth=E9tiques europ=E9ennes et d’autres qui leur sont=20
=E9trangers.
Les quatre sessions du colloque mettront l’accent sur le =AB classi=
que =BB
comme espace de fascination et d’imaginaire o=F9 le pass=E9 est=20
pr=E9sent=E9 et
repr=E9sent=E9, =E9tudi=E9 et mis en sc=E8ne, consomm=E9 et contest=E9.

Deadlines:
• Submission of proposals: 15 September 2005.
• Notification of acceptance: 1 November 2005.
• Submission of final papers: 15 February 2006.

Dates limites :
• Propositions de communications: 15 septembre 2005
• Notification d’acceptation aux candidats : 1 novembre 2005
• Remise d=E9finitive des textes: 15 f=E9vrier 2006

Organized by the U.S. National Committee for the History of Art in=20
affiliation
with the Comit=E9 International d’Histoire de l’Art Los=20
Angeles, April
6-8, 2006

Organis=E9 par le Comit=E9 National d’Histoire de l’Art des=20
Etats-Unis
sous l’=E9gide du Comit=E9 International d’Histoire de=20
l’Art Los
Angeles, 6-8 avril 2006
For more information, visit www.nchart.org

For further information, please consult www.nchart.org.
Pour plus d’information, consulter s’il vous pla=EEt=20
www.nchart.org.

Funds may be available to cover the travel and conference-related=20
expenses of
scholars from traditionally underrepresented parts of the world. Informat=
ion
about funding support and the full text of the Call for Papers are also
available on the website.

Nancy Troy
Art History Department
University of Southern California

Email: ntroy@usc.edu

Visit the website at http://www.nchart