College Art Association Conference, Chicago, IL, February 10–13, 2010
Application deadline May 8, 2009
Ephemeral and cost-effective, early modern prints (ca. 1450-1700) offered a greater diversity of subject matter and more uses than paintings or sculpture. Printed pilgrimage souvenirs, scientific instruments and even erotica survive with signs of heavy use. Prints were embellished, altered, inscribed, collected and displayed in numerous ways throughout the early modern period, a versatility recently emphasized in major publications and exhibitions including David Landau and Peter Parshall’s “The Renaissance Print” and Susan Dackerman’s “Painted Prints.” This CAA session examines the contemporary treatment of prints as physical objects, whether on paper, printed in books or pasted onto other supports (i.e. albums, cloth, wood, or walls). While some talks may touch on the history of collections, presentations focusing on surviving prints with visible signs of use, misuse, or alternate states will be particularly apt.
Suzanne Karr Schmidt, Art Institute of Chicago, Department of Prints and Drawings, 111 South Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL, 60603,
skarrschmidt@artic.edu;
and Lia Markey, Princeton University Art Museum, Department of Prints and Drawings, Princeton, NJ 08544,
lmarkey@princeton.edu.
Please feel free to send applications via email, including a two-page, double-spaced abstract, CV, and letter of interest.
For more conference details, visit:
http://conference.collegeart.org/2010/