Baroque mural and ceiling painting in the making
The multiple roles of drawings in the process of production, presentation and reception of wall and ceiling painting
The multiple roles of drawings in the process of production, presentation and reception of wall and ceiling painting
5 – 9 November 2025
Lisbon
Lisbon
The Art History Institute, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa – School of Social Sciences and Humanities / IN2PAST – Associate Laboratory for Research and Innovation in Heritage, Arts, Sustainability and Territory will host the Annual Meeting of the Research Group for Baroque Ceiling Painting in Central Europe (BCPCE), in Lisbon. The programme includes the BCPCE Workshop and a three-days visit of Lisbon's churches and palaces, and the National Palace of Mafra, to study the ceiling paintings of Cyrillo Volkmar Machado in situ.
Art historians and other researchers interested in wall and ceiling painting, especially of the baroque period, are invited to the Workshop Baroque mural and ceiling painting in the making – The multiple roles of drawings in the process of production, presentation and reception of wall and ceiling paintings. The Workshop, focused on function of drawings in producing of ceiling paintings and their role in transfering of artistic ideas among artists`workshops, and patrons, provides opportunity to share knowledge in this field of research. In this way, we will try to analyse the ambivalent character of drawing as a form of presentation to clients, but also as a primary source of the artist's thoughts and reflections in the process of the effective materialisation of an idea.
Members of the BCPCE, and the IHA-NOVA FCSH / IN2PAST are invited to submit proposals for presentations in the following themes:
Proposals should include:
1. The title of the communication
2. Name (s) of the proposer (s)
3. Institutional affliation
4. Abstract (250 words)
5. Keywords (maxium 5)
6. Brief biographical note (150 words)
Art historians and other researchers interested in wall and ceiling painting, especially of the baroque period, are invited to the Workshop Baroque mural and ceiling painting in the making – The multiple roles of drawings in the process of production, presentation and reception of wall and ceiling paintings. The Workshop, focused on function of drawings in producing of ceiling paintings and their role in transfering of artistic ideas among artists`workshops, and patrons, provides opportunity to share knowledge in this field of research. In this way, we will try to analyse the ambivalent character of drawing as a form of presentation to clients, but also as a primary source of the artist's thoughts and reflections in the process of the effective materialisation of an idea.
Members of the BCPCE, and the IHA-NOVA FCSH / IN2PAST are invited to submit proposals for presentations in the following themes:
- Sketches, drawings of single figures or for entire compositions and their role in the process of preparing a mural or ceiling painting
- Presentation drawings made to impress present or future patrons, or in the course of a competition
- Drawings for architectural or quadratura painting, for painted frames or stucco decorations
- Workshop practice, sketch books, collections of drawings and copies
- Cartoons used and ruined in the process of preparing a wall – or a ceiling painting
- Underdrawings, and traces of drawing and outlining during the production process of mural paintings
- Drawings after mural paintings by other artists, or after engraving
- Drawings collections, engravings after drawings for mural paintings
Proposals should include:
1. The title of the communication
2. Name (s) of the proposer (s)
3. Institutional affliation
4. Abstract (250 words)
5. Keywords (maxium 5)
6. Brief biographical note (150 words)
Contact: [email protected]
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Important dates Proposals submission: until 30 April 2025 Notification of acceptance: 15 July 2025 Available programme: 15 August 2025 Final programme: 30 September 2025 Workshop: 6 and 7 November 2025 Annual Meeting of the BCPCE group: 8 November 2025 |
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Website credits: Frederico L. Duarte (IHA-NOVA FCSH)
