Saturday 18 November 2000

In an expanding public sphere, early modern Europeans produced, traded and collected printed portraits in enormous numbers. These often overlooked works offer a fascinating glimpse into the construction of political, professional and private identities forged within a culture marked by the circulation of reproduceable images and texts. At this symposium, scholars from various disciplines will discuss the form and function of the printed portrait in early modern Europe, addressing in particular the manner in which identities were produced and reproduced in this novel visual and textual economy. The symposium complements The Power of Appearances: Renaissance and Reformation Portrait Prints and Medals, an exhibition that will be on display at the Hood Museum of Art during the Fall of 2000.

Sponsored by the Hood Museum of Art, The Humanities Center, The John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding and the Department of Art History

For more information, please contact Bart Thurber, Curator of European Art, The Hood Museum of Art, or Adrian Randolph, Department of Art History.

Image: Albrecht Dürer, Erasmus of Rotterdam, The Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College