Actual Problems of Theory and History of Art

Program of the conference (PDF)

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       Art of the Ancient World
       Old Russian Art
       Renaissance Art
        Theory of Art
       European Art of the Modern Time
       Art of Early Christianity and the Christian East
       
       Russian Art of the 18th-19th cc.
       
       
      Art of the 20th c. and Contemporary Art
       Byzantine Art and Medieval Balkans
       
      Art of the Ancient World
       Old Russian Art
      Interdisciplinary Methods in Cultural Heritage Studies
       Museum and Restoration Studies

       

       
        European Art of the Middle Ages

       

       Art of the 20th c. and Contemporary Art
       Byzantine Art and Medieval Balkans
       

       

 

Program of the conference (PDF)

Saint Petersburg State UniversityLomonosov Moscow State University, and the State Hermitage Museum invite you to take part in the 11th International Academic Conference

Actual Problems of Theory and History of Art

Saint Petersburg, October 14 – 19, 2024

 

 

Languages used: Russian, English

The conference "Actual Problems of Theory and History of Art" is an international academic forum held every two years in Moscow and St. Petersburg alternately by Lomonosov Moscow State University and St. Petersburg State University. The State Hermitage Museum is a permanent partner of the conference.

The conference discusses a wide range of issues of theory and history of fine arts and architecture, preservation and interpretation of Russian and world cultural heritage, interaction between the academic art history and the museum practice. The forum is interdisciplinary in nature, as the chronological range of the discussed topics covers all periods - from the prehistoric era to the present. We welcome art historians, cultural study specialists, archaeologists, conservators, museum curators, and other scholars, whose work is directly related to the study of architecture, fine and applied arts.

Applications are accepted in the following major areas:

  • Ancient art
  • Byzantine art, medieval Balkans and the Christian East
  • European art of the Middle Ages
  • Old Russian art
  • Renaissance art
  • European art of the modern time
  • Russian art of the 18th – 19th centuries
  • Art of the 20th century and contemporary art
  • Theory of art
  • Interdisciplinary methods in cultural heritage studies

Applications for participation in the conference will be accepted starting April 1st until June 1st, 2024, only through the official website of the conference at actual-art.spbu.ru. To submit an application, you have to open a personal account on our website, fill out an electronic application form, and submit the abstract of your paper (up to 2,000 to 3,500 characters including spaces). The abstracts are to be submitted only in the language in which your paper is intended.

The abstracts will be used in the selection process, publication is not provided.

Preferences will be given to those applicants whose works present most convincingly the results of recent research, make a significant contribution to the issues discussed, and allow the formation of interesting semantic blocks within the planned sections.

Information about the acceptance or rejection of applications will be available to the participants through their personal accounts on our website after June 30, 2024. Notification by e-mail will not be provided. The reasons for rejecting applications are not commented on.

We are planning to publish a selection of articles in 2025 and 2026 in the two-volume issue of "Actual Problems of Theory and History of Art" (indexed by the international database SCOPUS and the Russian RSCI database).

 

‘@Evgenia Popova’ (2022) by Evgenia Buravleva has been chosen as the emblem of 2022 conference.

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Тематический блок международного симпозиума "Актуальные проблемы теории и истории искусства" IX международная конференция Искусство и культура Средневековья: наследие и перспективы осмысления пройдет на площадках СПбГУ с 26 по 31 октября 2020 года (очный формат участия). 

Тематический блок организован Санкт-Петербургским университетом при финансовой поддержке РФФИ (проект № 20-012-22040) .
Спецификой научной проблематики этого тематического блока станут не только ключевые вопросы качественного исследования памятников средневекового искусства в широком диапазоне от рукописей до архитектурных ансамблей, но и осмысление преломления древних традиций в значимых культурных явлениях и идеологических парадигмах Нового времени.
Новым в подходе к формированию тематического спектра конференции станет включение блока междисциплинарных исследований, посвященного результатам экспериментального сотрудничества ученых национального исследовательского центра «Курчатовский институт», филологов, искусствоведов и специалистов других гуманитарных областей.

Конференция способствует решению фундаментальных научных проблем, находящихся в фокусе научной работы ведущих российских и зарубежных ученых в области искусствознания, истории и теории архитектуры, культурологии, а также специалистов, осуществляющих инновационные эксперименты на стыке гуманитарных и естественных наук. Спектр фундаментальных тем находит отражение в разнообразной тематике секций. Многие из этих исследовательских направлений были поддержаны грантами Президента РФ, РНФ и др. Значительный по объему блок  составляет реализация проектов РФФИ.

Научная программа мероприятия включает заседания по следующим направлениям:

Искусство и культура Древней Руси

Христианское искусство Средневековья

Архитектура: вопросы изучения и реставрации

Искусство Нового и Новейшего времени: трансформация средневекового мышления, наследие, историческая память

Культурное наследие: междисциплинарный подход на стыке гуманитарных и естественных наук


В 2020 году конференция станет площадкой для апробации не менее 40 докладов по результатам исследований в рамках проектов РФФИ. Также в работе конференции примут участие более 30 иностранных специалистов из ведущих университетов и институтов 11 стран.


Знакомство с представителями зарубежных научных школ позволит отечественным специалистам адекватно оценивать современный уровень знаний в той или иной области, учитывать последние достижения, уметь использовать новые методы, налаживать полезные контакты, создавать новые совместные научные проекты. Сотрудничество и взаимодействие разных направлений и научных школ является непременным условием дальнейшего плодотворного развития российского искусствознания.


Наряду с известными российскими и зарубежными специалистами к работе в конференции активно привлекаются молодые исследователи, в том числе учащиеся обоих университетов, сотрудники научно-исследовательских институтов, российских и зарубежных музеев.


Конференция сопровождается публикациями в научном сборнике «Актуальные проблемы теории и истории искусства» (SCOPUS, Q2; ядро РИНЦ), для которого редакционная коллегия отберет лучшие статьи.

 

Тезисы PDF Программа PDF

 

ПРОГРАММА СЕКЦИЙ тематического блока  Искусство и культура Средневековья: наследие и перспективы осмысления

 

26 октября

Понедельник

27 октября

Вторник

28 октября

Среда

29 октября

Четверг

30 октября

Пятница

31 октября

Суббота

СПбГУ, Институт истории. Менделеевская линия, д. 5, ауд. 84

Формат: очный/онлайн

 

10:00-15:30 Искусство и культура Древней Руси

       
     

 

     

СПбГУ, Факультет свободных искусств и наук (дворец Бобринских), Галерная ул. 58-60, ауд.155

Формат: очный/онлайн

     

11:00 -15:00

Архитектура: вопросы изучения и реставрации (ч.1) 

15:30 -18:00

Архитектура: вопросы изучения и реставрации (ч.2) Деревянное зодчество: сохранение традиции

 

10:30 -19:00

Христианское искусство Средневековья (II)

   

СПбГУ, Факультет свободных искусств  и наук (дворец Бобринских), Галерная ул. 58-60.

Формат: очный/онлайн

   

 

     

 Организована СПбГУ при финансовой поддержке РФФИ по адресу: Российская национальная библиотека
Садовая ул., 18

Формат: очный/онлайн

         10:00 – 18:00

Культурное наследие: междисциплинарный подход на стыке гуманитарных и естественных наук

 

Онлайн формат

10:30-17:00 Пленарное заседание

         

Организованы СПбГУ при финансовой поддержке РФФИ по адресу: Arts Square Gallery. Итальянская ул., д. 5

Формат: очный/онлайн

   

13:30-20:00

Христианское искусство Средневековья (I)

 10:00-20:00

Искусство Нового и Новейшего времени: трансформация средневекового мышления, наследие, историческая память

   

Выездные семинары

     

 

 Выездные семинары участников выделенного блока «Искусство и культура Средневековья: наследие и перспективы осмысления»:

08:00-17:00 «Санкт-Петербург и Царское Село: история градостроительной программы и проблемы реставрации»;
18:00 «Архитектура и живопись древнего Пскова» (для секций: Искусство и культура Древней Руси, Христианское искусство Средневековья)

Участие в семинарах по предварительной записи  до 27 октябряconference@actual-art.org

Выездные семинары участников выделенного блока «Искусство и культура Средневековья: наследие и перспективы осмысления»: «Архитектура и живопись древнего Пскова» (для секций: Искусство и культура Древней Руси, Христианское искусство Средневековья)
Участие в семинарах по предварительной записи  до 27 октябряconference@actual-art.org

Lomonosov Moscow State University, Saint Petersburg State University, and the State Hermitage Museum invite you to take part in the 10th International Academic Conference Actual Problems of Theory and History of Art

Moscow, October 4 – 6, 2022.

Applications will be accepted starting April 1st through June 1st, 2022.

The conference will be held in online format

Languages used: Russian, English

The conference "Actual Problems of Theory and History of Art" is an international academic forum held every two years in Moscow and St. Petersburg alternately by Lomonosov Moscow State University and St. Petersburg State University. The State Hermitage Museum is a permanent partner of the conference.

The conference discusses a wide range of issues of theory and history of fine arts and architecture, preservation and interpretation of Russian and world cultural heritage, interaction between the academic art history and the museum practice. The forum is interdisciplinary in nature, as the chronological range of the discussed topics covers all periods - from the prehistoric era to the present. We welcome art historians, cultural study specialists, archaeologists, conservators, museum curators, and other scholars, whose work is directly related to the study of architecture, fine and applied arts.

Applications are accepted in the following major areas:

  • Ancient art
  • Byzantine art, medieval Balkans and the Christian East
  • European art of the Middle Ages
  • Old Russian art
  • Renaissance art
  • European art of the modern time
  • Russian art of the 18th – 19th centuries
  • Art of the 20th century and contemporary art
  • Theory of art
  • Interdisciplinary methods in cultural heritage studies

Applications for participation in the conference will be accepted starting April 1st until June 1st, 2022, only through the official website of the conference at actual-art.spbu.ru. To submit an application, you have to open a personal account on our website, fill out an electronic application form, and submit the abstract of your paper (up to 2,000 to 3,500 characters including spaces). The abstracts are to be submitted only in the language in which your paper is intended.

The abstracts will be used in the selection process, publication is not provided.

Preferences will be given to those applicants whose works present most convincingly the results of recent research, make a significant contribution to the issues discussed, and allow the formation of interesting semantic blocks within the planned sections.

Information about the acceptance or rejection of applications will be available to the participants through their personal accounts on our website after June 30, 2022. Notification by e-mail will not be provided. The reasons for rejecting applications are not commented on.

We are planning to publish a selection of articles in 2023 and 2024 in the two-volume issue of "Actual Problems of Theory and History of Art" (indexed by the international database SCOPUS and the Russian RSCI database).

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Actual Problems of Theory and History of Art conference is an international academic forum held biannually by Lomonosov Moscow State University and Saint Petersburg State University, supported by major Russian museums. The conference takes place alternately in Moscow and Saint Petersburg.

The Conference IX is held October 26–31, 2020 in Saint Petersburg, with the State Hermitage Museum as partner museum.

The conference is dedicated to a wide range of issues related to history and theory of visual arts and architecture, conservation and interpretation of Russian and international cultural heritage, and interaction between academic science and museum experience. The chronological scope of this interdisciplinary forum spans from prehistoric era to contemporary stage. The conference welcomes art historians, archaeologists, museum practitioners, art conservators, philologists, culture theorists, and other humanities scholars whose research areas include architecture, visual and decorative arts.

The conference of 2020 focuses on the contemporary perception of historiography and art studies.

The thematic bloc of the International conference “Art and Culture of the Middle Ages: Heritage and Perspectives of Comprehension” was funded by RFBR, project number 20-012-22040.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the conference was held on schedule in both live and online formats. Foreign participants were kindly invited to present their reports in online format.The connection to the online broadcast was provided by the St. Petersburg State University.

 The schedule is based on Moscow time.

Dear colleagues, we ask you to pay attention to the fact that in many countries on October 25, the transition to winter time is carried out. Please note the difference in time zones!

Program of the conference (PDF)

The thematic bloc “Art and Culture of the Middle Ages: Heritage and Perspectives of Comprehension” was funded by RFBR, project number 20-012-22040

 

26 October

Monday

27 October

Tuesday

28 October

Wednesday

29 October

Thursday

30 October

Friday

31 October

Saturday

St. Petersburg State University, Institute of History

Room 84

online/offline

 

10:00-15:30

Art and Culture of Mediaeval Russia within the thematic bloc “Art and Culture of the Middle Ages: Heritage and Perspectives of Comprehension”

16:30 – 20:00

Old Russian Art

       

St. Petersburg State University, Institute of History

Room 70

online/offline

 

10:00-14:30

Renaissance Art (part 1)

15:30 – 20:00

Renaissance Art (part 2)

 

10:30 – 19:00

Issues of World Architecture

 

 

St. Petersburg State University, Faculty of liberal arts and sciences (Bobrinsky Palace), room 152

online/offline

 

10:00-20:00

The 20th-Century and Contemporary Art

 

10:00 – 19:00

Applied Arts

10:00 -19:00

Eastern Christian Art

 

 

St. Petersburg State University, Faculty of liberal arts and sciences (Bobrinsky Palace), room 155

online/offline

 

11:00-14:30

European Art in the Modern Times (part 1)

15:30 – 19:00

European Art in the Modern Times (part 2)

11:00 -15:00

Architecture: Issues of Study and Restoration (I)  within the thematic bloc “Art and Culture of the Middle Ages: Heritage and Perspectives of Comprehension”

15:30 -18:00

Architecture: Issues of Study and Restoration (II): Wooden Architecture: Preserving Tradition within the thematic bloc “Art and Culture of the Middle Ages: Heritage and Perspectives of Comprehension”

10:30 -19:00

Christian Art in the Middle Ages (II) within the thematic bloc “Art and Culture of the Middle Ages: Heritage and Perspectives of Comprehension”

10:00 -14:00

Curatorial Practices and Art Mediation

 

The State Hermitage Museum

10:00-16:00

Plenary session common with “The Days of Classical Studies in St Petersburg” (The Hermitage Theatre, offline)

         

St. Petersburg State University, Institute of Philosophy

online/offline

 

10:00 – 16:00

 Art Theory

 

 

   
 

 

         

Saint Petersburg Stieglitz State Academy of Art and Design

online/offline

 

   

10:00-14:30

Art of the Ancient World (day 1)

13:30

Opening of the exhibition “The Eternal Marbles. Sculpture from Classical Antiquity in Tutorial Practice of the Stieglitz Academy”

15:00-19:30

Art of the Ancient World (day 1)

10:00-17:00

Museum Studies

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10:00-15:00

Art of the Ancient World (day 2)

 

Organized by St. Petersburg State University with the financial support of the Russian Foundation for Basic Research at the address: National Library of Russia

Sadovaya st., 18

offline/ online

 

     

10:00 – 13:00

Cultural Heritage: Interdisciplinary Approach at the Intersection of the Humanities and Natural Sciences within the thematic bloc “Art and Culture of the Middle Ages: Heritage and Perspectives of Comprehension”

13:30 – 17:00

Interdisciplinary Methods in the Research on Cultural Heritage

 

Online

10.30-12.30

The Art of Space

15:00-19:00

Artistic Culture and Cult

10:00-13:30

Russian Art in the 18th -19th Centuries

____________

11:00-19:00

Oriental Art

     

Organized by St. Petersburg State University with the financial support of the Russian Foundation for Basic Research at the address: The “New Arts Studies” Foundation, Arts Square Gallery.

online/offline

   

10:00-14:00

Art of the Middle Ages: Academic Issues of Art History

 
14:30-20:00

Christian Art in the Middle Ages (part 1)

within the thematic bloc “Art and Culture of the Middle Ages: Heritage and Perspectives of Comprehension”

10:00-20:00

Art in Modern and Contemporary Times: Transformation of Medieval Thinking, Heritage, Historical Memory within the thematic bloc “Art and Culture of the Middle Ages: Heritage and Perspectives of Comprehension”

   

Field seminars

       

Field seminars of the participants of the thematic bloc “Art and Culture of the Middle Ages: Heritage and Perspectives of Comprehension”

08:00-17:00 "Saint-Petersburg and Tsarskoe Selo. History of the Urban Planning and the Issues of Restoration"

18:00

"Art and Architecture and of Ancient Pskov" (for the sections: Art and Culture of Medieval Russia, Christian Art of the Middle Ages)

Participation in seminars by appointment: conference@actual-art.org

Field seminars of the participants of the thematic bloc “Art and Culture of the Middle Ages: Heritage and Perspectives of Comprehension”

"Art and Architecture and of Ancient Pskov" (for the sections: Art and Culture of Medieval Russia, Christian Art of the Middle Ages)

Participation in seminars by appointment: conference@actual-art.org

Program of the conference (PDF)

‘Process’ (2019) by Vitaly Pushnitsky, has been chosen as the emblem of 2020 conference.

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Vitaly Pushnitsky 

Born in 1967 in Leningrad, USSR. In 1994 graduated from the Department of Grafics, Repin Painting Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture; since 1994 is a member of Saint-Petersburg Union of Artists. He is known as a painter, sculptor, graphic artist, a creator of installations, widely experimenting across different art forms. He participated multiple high-status Russian and international projects and exhibitions, including MANIFESTA 10 (2014) and 56th Venice Biennale (2015). Pushnitsky’s personal exhibitions took place at the State Hermitage Museum (2006), the State Russian Museum (2002), and the Moscow Museum of Modern Art (2012). Nominated for the Kandinsky Prize (2008-2012); won the Sergey Kuryokhin Award for Contemporary Art (2012). In 2011 the British publisher of art Phaidon Press included Vitaly Pushnitsky in the list of 115 artists defining new perspectives in art.

Art critics about Vitaly Pushnitsky

Stanislav Savitsky:

The visual story unfolds like an organic ornament growing on top of the layer of paint on the surface of the canvas. Oil is the bonding principle that binds the primed canvas with ribbons cut from canvas, woven into a complex floral pattern.

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Painting, therefore, turns out not to be a narrative of colors, but a story of canvas on canvas, where oil complements and accentuates this story composed of collage elements molded into a striking relief. Artistic experience finds itself on the border of a one-dimensional illusion of a three-dimensional image, sculpture and visual combinatorics, opening up space to a new artistic freedom and eliminating any differences between figurative and abstract.

Alexander Dashevsky:

Pushnitsky's canvases always tell a story of confrontation. 

 

 

Dynamic Spiral. Increasing Energy of Red Space (1964) by Francisco Infante-Arana, from the collection of the State Tretyakov Gallery, has been chosed as the emblem of 2018 conference.

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Francisco Infante-Arana (b. 1943)

Dynamic Spiral. Increasing Energy of Red Space

1964

From Dynamic Spirals series

Tempera on paper pasted on fiberboard; 55,5×75,5 cm

© Francisco Infante-Arana; State Tretyakov Gallery