CFP: Academy, Market, Industry: Sculptural Models, Themes, and Genres between Britain and Italy, c. 1742 – 1854 (V&A London, 26-27 May 2025)

The University of Buckingham and the Victoria and Albert Museum are organising a two-day interdisciplinary conference on the role played by British-Italian artistic exchanges in shaping sculptural models, themes, and genres between the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The conference adopts a longue durée approach, focusing on the century when these exchanges were most intense: from 1742, when Prince Hoare of Bath the Elder arrived in Rome – the first documented English sculptor to spend a period of study in the city – to the opening of the Crystal Palace in Sydenham in 1854, whose sculptural decoration was directed by the Milanese Raffaele Monti.

For the full call, visit arthist.net, the source of this post, at: https://arthist.net/archive/42299

Submission date: 30 September 2025

Organised by:
Dr Adriano Aymonino (University of Buckingham); Albertina Ciani (University of Buckingham); Dr Kira d’Alburquerque (Victoria and Albert Museum)