Organizer’s announcement
Location
University of Amsterdam
Nieuwe Doelenzaal, Singel 425, Amsterdam
(entrance via University Library)
Admission
15 euro (Students: free)
Registration
In 1566 an iconoclastic movement, called the “Beeldenstorm”, struck the Netherlands. This uprising, inspired by Protestant ideas, is generally considered to be a turning point in the history of The Netherlands. As such, it has been studied in depth by historians. Art historians on the other hand have rarely studied painting in two decades between the Iconoclasm (1566) and the Fall of Antwerp (1585). It is a black hole in the art history of the Netherlands.
This symposium aims at investigating how relatively unknown, yet highly esteemed painters of the period, such as Adriaen Thomasz. Key, Frans Pourbus the Elder, Jacob de Backer, Michiel Coxcie, etc. were forced to find new iconographies, new styles, new genres and new markets under pressure of constantly shifting Catholic and Protestant regimes. The main objective is mapping the various painterly solutions to the fierce antipathy and the fervent sympathy for painting. In other words, the goal of this symposium is to explain how painting in the Netherlands in the period 1566-1585 adapted to the rapidly changing political, economical, social and religious circumstances.
Program
Thursday December 4, 2008
09h30 Coffee and registration
10h15 Opening by Prof. Eric Jan Sluijter
10h30 Keynote lecture by Prof. David Freedberg
12h00 Lunch break
Afternoon session
Chair: Prof. Eric Jan Sluijter
13h30 Dr. Tine Meganck
Writings on art after Iconoclasm
14h30 Dr. Thijs Weststeijn
Idols and ideals in the rise of Netherlandish art theory
15h30 Coffee break
16h00 Dr. Filip Vermeylen
Between hope and despair: the state of the Antwerp art market, 1566-1585
17h00 End of day one
Friday December 5, 2008
Morning session
Chair: Prof. Henk van Nierop
09h30 Dr. Koenraad Jonckheere
Décor or decorum? Painting in Antwerp after the Iconoclasm (1566-1585)
10h30 Prof. Margit Thøfner
Iconodulic Protestantism: Marten de Vos and the decorations of Lutheran churches
11h30 Coffee break
12h00 Dr. Anne T. Woollett
Michiel Coxcie and the revitalization of religious painting after the 1566 Iconoclasm
13h00 Lunch break
Afternoon session
Chair: Dr. Marten Jan Bok
14h00 Dr. Karolien de Clippel
Smashing images: the impact of Iconoclasm and Counter-Reformation on the painted nude
15h00 Prof. Arnout Balis
New trends in religious iconography in the Netherlands before and after Iconoclasm
16h00 Closing remarks
16h15 Reception