Toronto-France Art History Partnership IDC Symposium

Toronto-France Art History Partnership IDC Symposium

A Plural Art History for the 21st Century

When: March 5-6, 10am-5pm
Where: Paul Cadario Conference Centre, University College

All are welcome! Refreshments will be served.

PDF PROGRAM: IDC Symposium Program .pdf

Program:

Monday March 3, 2025 (Paul Cadario Conference Centre, University College)

5:00: Public lecture by Prof. Eric Palazzo (University of Poitiers) “Sanctity Distilled: The Visual Articulation of Liturgical Theology in the Mixed Sacramentary”

Tuesday March 4, 2025 (Gardiner Museum)

11:00: Exhibition Visit & Discussion: “Text Kitchen. A Museum Project” at the Gardiner Museum with Dr Karine Tsoumis
          *NB: Please arrive at 10:50 am

12:30: Lunch at Clay (111 Queen’s Park Cres.)

Wednesday March 5, 2025 – Massey College 4 Devonshire Place, (Junior Common Room)

9:30 –10:00: Registration & Coffee/tea, muffins, etc.

10:00 – 10:05: Welcome Remarks — Prof. Joseph Clarke (University of Toronto)

10:05 – 10:15: Introduction — Prof. Giancarla Periti (University of Toronto)
 

Panel #1 The Materiality & Technicality of the Image (10:15 – 12:30)

Chair: Prof. Giancarla Periti (University of Toronto)

• Philomène Renard: 10:45 – 11:15 (In-person) (École Pratique des Hautes Études in Paris and the Università Ca’ Foscari)
       “Beyond the Master’s Hand: Organization, Innovation and Reproduction in Giovanni Bellini’s Workshop”

• Christopher Bakke (École Pratique des Hautes Études) & Pauline Deschamps-Kahn (Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes and the Centre de Recherche et de Restauration des Musées de France (C2RMF)
       10:15 – 10:45 (Zoom)
       “Louis Pasteur: Professor at the École des Beaux-Arts, 1863-1866”

• Qiuchi Liu: 11:15 – 11:45 (Zoom)
       “Tradition as a critical medium: materiality and temporality in Chinese contemporary art”

• Q&A/Discussion: 11:45 – 12:30 (Hybrid)

12:30 – 2:00: Lunch – Common Room, Department of Art History. 100 St George St

Panel #2 Performance & Embodiment (Massey College Junior Common Room) (2:00 – 4:30)

Chair: Prof. Joseph Clarke (University of Toronto)

• Eyal Pundik: 2:00 – 2:30 (In-person) (University of Toronto)
       “Embodied Images: Negotiating Gestural Authorship in the work of Rogier van der Weyden”

• James Levinsohn: 2:30 – 3:00 (In-person) (University of Toronto)
       “Sophie Calle's Des histoires vraies: Rethinking the Photographic Body Beyond Presence”

• Jillian Husband: 3:00 – 3:30 (In-person) (University of Toronto)
       “Mapping the mobility of Girolamo Savoldo’s art: the case of the Portrait of a Man in Armour”

• Hector Chapron: 3:30 – 4:00 (Zoom) (Sorbonne University)
       “La mode des bustes antiques comme objets de décor : itinéraire commercial, circulation et
       critères de sélection des acheteurs selon l’évolution des goûts dans l’Europe de 1515 à 1830”

• Q&A/Discussion: 4:00 – 4:45 (Hybrid)

7:00: Dinner at Madras Masala (796 Bloor St W.)

Thursday March 6, 2025 – Paul Cadario Conference Centre, University College. 15 King’s College Circle

9:30 –10:00: Coffee/tea, muffins, etc. (Paul Cadario refectory)

Panel #3 Environment, Resources & Experimentation (10:00 – 12:30)

Chair: Prof. Jordan Bear (University of Toronto)

• Ivana Dizdar: 10:00 – 10:30 (In-person) (University of Toronto)
       “Ice, ici”

• Nicole Liao: 10:30 – 11:00 (In-person) (University of Toronto)
       “Colour, Micrography and Technology of Living Substance in 19th century France”

• Thibaud Herbert: 11:30 – 12:00 (In-person) (Sorbonne University)
       “Introducing to the ‘archaeology of models’ : the comparison between Auguste Pelet and Paul Bigot”

• Benjamin Pulver: 11:00 – 11:30 (Zoom) (University of Toronto)
       “The Turtle in the Machine: Cybernetics and Aesthetics between France and Canada”

• Q&A/Discussion: 12:30 – 12:45 (Hybrid)

12:45 – 2:00: Lunch (Paul Cadario refectory)

Panel #4 Identity & Representation (2:00 – 4:30)

Chair: Prof. Eric Palazzo (University of Poitiers)

• Jennifer Franks: 2:00 – 2:30 (In-person) (University of Toronto)
       “Liotard's Book: Virtue and the Enlightened Self”

• Xin Yue (Sylvia) Wang: 2:30 – 3:00 “(In-person) (University of Toronto)
       “Tasting God’ – The Last Supper in Medieval Art”

• Tara Chapron: 3:00 – 3:30 (Zoom) (Sorbonne University)
       “Perceiving aesthetic values through the costumes of Europe's Bronze Age elites”

• Q&A/Discussion: 3:30 – 4:30 (Hybrid)

4:30 – 4:45: Closing Remarks

4:45 – 6:00: Apéritifs & Tapas (Paul Cadario refectory)