CALL FOR PAPERS:
@AGOartmatters
(AGO), home to an important collection of historic frames, is holding a 2 day conference on the history & conservation of picture frames. The conference will take place at the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto on 2 & 3 May 2024.
See more at: https://theframeblog.com/2023/09/24/many-lives-picture-frames-in-context/
Many objects have frames, including the small esoteric group of gonfaloni or processional standards, carried on sacred days through the streets of a town along with statues and holy relics...
For more on Raphael's frames, see https://theframeblog.com/2022/09/10/presenting-the-legend-the-many-frames-of-raphael/
The portrait of Henry VIII’s last wife, Katherine Parr, is about to be sold
@Sothebys
– but what about its frame?
For more, see: https://sothebys.com/en/articles/the-frame-for-a-portrait-of-katherine-parr?locale=en
#TheFrameBlog #TrophyFrame #KatherineParr #16thCenturyPainting
Science, Gardens and the Baroque Frame:
In the 17th century the arts, sciences and religion were not separated from each other, and every educated person was interested in all things...
https://theframeblog.com/2023/06/04/science-gardens-and-the-baroque-frame/
Here is the Supper at Emmaus - one of a set of 12 tapestries on the Life of Christ, woven from 1523-31 in the Brussels workshop of Pieter van Aelst from designs by Raphael's assistants.
https://theframeblog.com/2021/02/25/the-tondo-frame-in-renaissance-florence-a-round-up/
https://theframeblog.com/2020/11/19/fruit-flowers-foliage-the-symbolism-of-renaissance-frames/
This is a review of the Rococo conference held in March at the V & A.
As it comprised 2 days and 16 papers it's quite large, but it does contain a sizeable percentage of the images (plus extra frames, there being a strange lacuna of these).
It was a fascinating revelation of the world-wide web (!) of connections between designers, craftsmen, imports and exports, diplomatic gifts, patrons and consumers; a very imaginative angle on a stylistic movement.
https://theframeblog.com/2023/04/17/review-of-the-conference-rococo-across-borders-designers-makers/
The exhibition Donatello: Sculpting the Renaissance is about to open at the V & A, so here is a very brief glimpse of a sculptural offshoot from his work - and how it might be framed.
See: https://theframeblog.com/2022/07/23/framing-relief-sculptures/
