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Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675), The Music Lesson (this painting is not related to the exhibition), 1662-65
Royal Collection, London

15th International colloquium: classical mythology in the Netherlands in the age of Renaissance and Baroque

Exhibition: 19 May - 21 May 2005

Locations

Thursday 19 May 2005: Kolveniershof (Kolveniersstraat 20, 2000 Antwerp)
Friday 20 May 2005: Museum Plantijn-Moretus (Vrijdagmarkt 22, 2000 Antwerp)
Saturday 21 May 2005: Kolveniershof (Kolveniersstraat 20, 2000 Antwerp)

In cooperation with

Centrum voor de Vlaamse Kunst van de 16e en de
17e Eeuw and the Rubenianum

Speakers

  • Carl Van de Velde (Vrije Universiteit Brussel) Opening speech
  • Eric Jan Sluijter (Universiteit van Amsterdam; Institute of Fine Arts, New York University) Rembrandt, Rubens and classical mythology.
  • Rudolf De Smet (Vrije Universiteit Brussel) La figure mythologique comme élément d’argumentation rhétorique dans la correspondance d’Erasme.
  • Claudio Gigante (Universit‚ Libre de Bruxelles) Figures du mythe dans la poésie de la Renaissance italienne.
  • Karolien De Clippel, Marie Geraerts & Bert Schepers (Rubenianum, Antwerpen) Mythological scenes by Rubens in their intellectual context.
  • Nicolette Brout (Universit‚ Libre de Bruxelles) La mythologie et le bon usage de l’antiquité païenne selon Andreas Schottus.
  • Karl Enenkel (Universiteit van Leiden) The mythographical method of Julien d’Havrech: De cognominibus deorum gentilium (1541).
  • Thomas Berns (Universit‚ Libre de Bruxelles; Universit‚ de Tours) L’âge de Saturne et le droit naturel chez Grotius.
  • Monique Mund-Dopchie (Universit‚ Catholique de Louvain) La fortune des confins mythiques de l’Antiquité dans les traités cosmographiques des anciens Pays-Bas espagnols.
  • Jeanine De Landtsheer (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven) Bacchus born from Jupiter’s thigh tastes better than born from Semele.
  • Arnout Balis (Vrije Universiteit Brussel) & Ilja Van Damme (Universiteit Antwerpen) Seagods and their comments on the economic situation.
  • Elizabeth McGrath (Warburg Institute, University of London) Artists, their books, and subjects from mythology.
  • Katlijne Schiltz (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven) Mythological subjects in Renaissance music.
  • Jan Bloemendal (Universiteit van Amsterdam, Constantijn Huygens Instituut, Den Haag) Heinsius and his use of mythology in his tragedy Herodes infanticida (1632).
  • Fiona Healy (Mainz) From mythology to allegory: the gods and their deeds in new contexts.
  • Wouter Bracke (Université Libre de Bruxelles; Koninklijke Bibliotheek Albert I, Brussel) Conclusions.

Registration

By mailing name and address to Carl.Vandevelde@tiscali.be or by post to
Prof. em. C. Van de Velde
Vrije Universiteit Brusssel
Faculteit Letteren en Wijsbegeerte
Pleinlaan 2
B-1050 Brussel