Archaeology of Colour: The production of polychromy in sculpture up to the 16th century

17-18 April 2024 (Online - Zoom)

Due By 15 December 2023

The NOVA School of Science and Technology, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, and the Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga are organizing the International Symposium Archaeology of Colour – The production of polychromy in sculpture up to the 16th century.

The symposium aims to engage scholars from different fields to enrich our understanding of the production of polychromy in sculpture up to the 16th century.

This symposium, to be held online, is organized within the scope of the project Archaeology of Colour (PTDC/ART-OUT/5992/2020), a project dedicated to studying the polychromy of medieval and early modern Portuguese sculpture.

The symposium aims to engage scholars from different fields to enrich our understanding of the production of polychromy in sculpture up to the 16th century. Communications on subjects related to the production of polychromy on different chronologies, geographies, and technologies are welcome:

Materials and Techniques
Documentation
The meanings of colour
Circulation of materials, techniques, artists, and artworks
Experimental Archaeology
Knowledge transmission among neighbourhood chronologies, geographies, and technologies
Novel techniques and scientific approaches for studying polychromy
Material/Digital reconstructions of past appearances – technical challenges, experience on the public’s response, etc.

The language of the symposium will be English (special cases in other languages will be considered). Presentations should be 20 minutes maximum length. Please submit an abstract of approximately 400 words, plus a title and 4 keywords. Proposals should include the name and affiliation of the author(s) and a short biography (c. 150 words) of the presenting author.

Proposals should be submitted to archaeologyofcolour@campus.fct.unl.pt no later than the 15th of December 2023. The symposium is free of charge.

For more information, https://sites.google.com/campus.fct.unl.pt/archaeology-of-colour/home?authuser=0.