Daily Archives: 18 August 2017

Gothic Ivory Sculpture: Content and Context – recent publication

Dear all,

I am very happy to announce that Gothic Ivory Sculpture: Content and Context is now freely available to download or read online at http://courtauld.ac.uk/research/courtauld-books-online/gothic-ivory-sculpture. This is the latest title to be published as part of the Courtauld Books Online series.

This volume gathers papers delivered at the conference of the same name co-organised by the Courtauld Institute of Art and the British Museum in 2014 and two papers from the previous 2012 conference co-organised with the Victoria & Albert Museum (articles by Michele Tomasi and by Elisabeth Antoine-König and Juliette Levy-Hinstin).

I would also like to draw your attention to a few recent publications:

–          Jutta Kappel, Elfenbeinkunst im Grünnen Gewölbe zu Dresden (Dresden, 2017)

–          Simonetta Castronovo, Fabrizio Crivello, Michele Tomasi (eds.), Avori Medievali. Collezioni del Museo Civico d’Arte Antica di Torino (Savigliano: L’Artistica Savigliano, 2016).

–     Entries on ivory carvings and Embriachi work by Benedetta Chiesi and Michele Tomasi, in Andrea Bacchi and Andrea De Marchi (dir.), La Galleria di Palazzo Cini. Dipinti, sculture, oggetti d’arte (Venice: Marsilio, 2016), no. 61-77.

–      A few papers on ivories (inevitably) in: Glyn Davies and Eleanor Townsend (eds.), A Reservoir of Ideas: Essays in Honour of Paul Williamson (London: Paul Holberton Publishing, 2017).

–     and also: J. Papp and B. Chiesi (eds.), John Brampton Philpot’s Photographs of Fictile Ivory (Budapest, 2016), in Hungarian… and English!

 

An exhibition not to be missed (… though I will)

The Ivory Mirror: The Art of Mortality in Renaissance Europe, Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick (ME), 24 June – 26 November 2017

http://www.bowdoin.edu/art-museum/exhibitions/2017/Ivory-Mirror.shtml

And accompanying catalogue:

Stephen Perkinson (ed.), The Ivory Mirror: The Art of Mortality in Renaissance Europe (New Haven: Yale University Press with the Bowdoin College Museum of Art, 2017).

 

With best wishes,

Catherine

Dr Catherine Yvard | National Art Library Special Collections Curator | V&A Museum | Cromwell Road | South Kensington | London SW7 2RL | 020 7942 2260 | c.yvard@vam.ac.uk @DrYvard

 

University of Toronto: Associate/Full Professor (17th Century English Literature) – Call For Applications

University of Toronto – Department of English
Associate/Full Professor – 17th Century English Literature

Location: Toronto – Canada
Salary: Not specified
Hours: Full Time
Contract Type: Permanent

The Department of English at the University of Toronto, St George campus, invites applications for a tenure-stream appointment in the field of 17th Century Literature and Culture, with special emphasis on Milton. The appointment will be at the rank of Associate or Full Professor and will begin on July 1, 2018.

Applicants must have a PhD in English or appropriate field and an established international reputation based on a record of scholarly excellence appropriate to their career stage. The successful candidate will be expected to conduct innovative research at the highest international level and to maintain an outstanding, externally funded research program. The successful candidate must display evidence of excellence in both research and teaching. Evidence of excellence in teaching should be demonstrated by a strong statement of teaching philosophy, excellent teaching evaluations, and strong endorsements from referees. A teaching dossier should be submitted as part of the application. Evidence of excellence in research should be demonstrated by a record of sustained contributions and publications in leading presses and in leading journals in the field, presentations at significant conferences, and strong endorsements by referees themselves of high international standing. The successful candidate will be considered for a Canada Research Chair (tier I). Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.

The Department of English, St George Campus, offers the opportunity to teach and to conduct research in a department that is committed to studying the literatures of English in both their historical depth and their geographical range. Situated in one of the most diverse cities in the world, the Department reflects that diversity in its approach to English as a world language.

For more information and to apply, please visit:
https://utoronto.taleo.net/careersection/10050/jobdetail.ftl?lang=en&job=1701133.

Applications close on: 18 September, 2017.