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P19


The 'industrialization' and circulation of sculptures (1450-1800): works, technology and materials within Europe and between Europe and America 
Convenor:
Ana Duarte Rodrigues (Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa)
Location:
Sala 38, Piso 0
Sessions:
Thursday 18 July, -
Time zone: Europe/Lisbon

Short Abstract:

A systematic approach of the serial production of sculptures in different materials such as stone, lead, paper and wood built on an international up-to-date technical and social context will back a new vision of sculpture production and markets.

Long Abstract:

Recent research on sculpture has proved that there was an almost "industrialized" production and afterwards exportation of these "works of art".

The circulation of wooden sculptures following the commercial circuit from Flanders to Lisbon or Spain and from there to New Spain is already known. However, recent research has revealed that religious images made with some different materials and technique variations have also been produced in series in New Spain and sold to Spain and South America.

In Europe, Genoa is an important centre of production and commercialization of stone sculptures to all Europe, including Portugal, but it is still to be explored the real dimension of this exportation centre and if they reached Brazil.

The discovery of formal and material similarities between the lead sculptures of Fronteira Palace, in Portugal, and the golden lead statues of the Herrenhausen gardens, in Germany, sold by the Larsons' family from Holand made us realize how important is the study of casts, replicas and copies' markets to another level of comprehension of the concept of art as objects of art markets. Something similar waits to be explored with "peltre" sculpture between Spain and America. In particular, in Mexico, Ecuador and Peru.

How relevant was the sculpture trade and its serial production? The question is essential to an understanding of the Early Modern European cultural milieu, of the level of internationalization of Antique Roman sculptures through the dissemination of models (Francis Haskell and Nicholas Penny, 1990), its main trends, sources and favorite markets.

Accepted papers:

Session 1 Thursday 18 July, 2013, -