[AMS-announce] CFP: _Correspondances_: exchanges and tensions between art, theatre and opera in France, c.1750-1850, London, Mar 2010

[Announcements for the AMS]

CFP:   _Correspondances_: exchanges and tensions between art, theatre
and opera in France, c.1750-1850

National Gallery, London, 26-27 March 2010 (in collaboration with the University of Nottingham)

This conference will explore a rich field of interdisciplinary research, that of the relations between art, theatre and opera in France from the later 18C to the mid 19C. As key elements in Parisian cultural life, art, theatre and opera all underwent extensive changes during this period, adapting and responding to profound socio-political disruption
and transformation from the Revolution to the Second Republic.

We aim:
*      to map interchanges between stage(s) and canvas, and the role of imagery in stage productions;
*      to identify intermediaries in transmitting design to and from the stage and painting;
*      to analyse attitudes and assumptions regarding  interplay between media in theoretical and critical writing;
*      to assess the recoverability of the visual components of theatre and opera.

Major themes which unite the two art forms include:
*      the representation of history
*      the nature of spectacle and illusion
*      narrative and temporality
*      the role of criticism

Invited speakers include:
*      Prof Stephen Bann, University of Bristol (also a curator of the exhibition)
*      Prof Beth Wright, University of Texas at Arlington
*      Prof Tom Grey, Stanford University
*      Prof David Charlton, Royal Holloway, University of London

We welcome proposals for papers (30 mins). Abstracts of c.250 words
should be sent to both conference organisers,
<<mailto:sarah.hibberd at nottingham.ac.uk>sarah.hibberd at nottingham.ac.uk> and <<mailto:richard.wrigley at nottingham.ac.uk>richard.wrigley at nottingham<mailto:richard.wrigley at nottingham.ac.uk>.ac.uk>
by **1 September 2009**.
Programme and full conference details will be available at:
<http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/moss>www.nottingham.ac.uk/moss and  <http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/nirv>www.nottingham.ac.uk/nirv
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