The Concept of Style: Transdisciplinary Epistemologies in the Arts and Sciences
The Workshop series “The Concept of Style” Transdisciplinary Epistemologies in the Arts and Sciences, spearheaded by Dr. Johannes Endres and Dr. Erich Reck, unfolds a captivating exploration into the concept of style, traversing the realms of art, science, and philosophy.
Begun in fall 2023, this academic endeavor seeks to foster a vibrant interdisciplinary dialogue, bridging disparate fields of inquiry to unravel the complex intersections of cultural and scientific knowledge through the lens of style.
Meeting Schedule: The workshop meetings are scheduled bi-weekly on Tuesdays from 12:15 to 4:30 with a 15 minute intercession.
Venue: UCR Philosophy Library, HMNSS 2601
Invited Talks: Augmenting our bi-weekly discussions, the workshop will host 1-2 invited talks, delivered both virtually and in-person, by distinguished scholars in the field.
Credit Opportunity: Participants have the privilege to enroll in the workshop for credit/letter grade through a directed or independent study.
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This workshop has been developed under the patronage of the Center for Ideas and Society at UC Riverside, and the departments of Philosophy, Art History, and Comparative Literature.
The lecture is dedicated to an attempt at a “phenomenology” of female bust portraits of the Quattrocento. The focus is on the enigmatic bust of an unknown woman by Francesco Laurana in the Viennese Kunstkammer, which is characterized by its unusual polychrome. In the context of a comparative object analysis and against the cultural-historical background of a Petrarchan topic, the question of how this and other female busts ‘communicate’ with the viewer and what significance their fragmentary object character has will be pursued. Although not primarily motivated by the art-historical “passion for identifying” (Didi-Huberman), the considerations ultimately lead to a proposed new identification.
At Durham, Professor Endres will work on his current book project on “Style” as an interdisciplinary category of the study of texts, images and music. As part of his project, he will be in close collaboration with Professor Jonathan Long from Durham’s School of Modern Languages & Cultures. Professor Long is also the co-director of the Center for Visual Arts and Culture at Durham. The collaboration is based on their mutual research interest in German Literature, literary theory, and the study of visual culture in relation to literary artefacts.
The Getty Research Institute hosted the fifth annual Getty Graduate Symposium, which showcased the work of emerging scholars from art history graduate programs across California. Organized into three sessions, the symposium included nine individual presentations, panel discussions moderated by faculty mentors, and Q&A sessions with the audience. 