Monday 14 September 2009, 13.15–17.00
Tuesday 15 September 2009, 10.00–17.00
The Sublime in Crisis
New Perspectives on the Sublime in British Visual Culture 1760–1900
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John Martin
The Great Day of His Wrath 1851–3 Tate |
A two-day conference on the concept of the Sublime across both the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries with the idea
of mapping points of
difference and continuity. Subjects include theories of the sublime, the animal sublime, psychiatry, travel, war, symbolism
and theology.
Please contact Lydia Hamlett for tickets, and visit the Sublime Object research pages for schedule updates.
In association with The Sublime Object: Nature, Art and Language research project at Tate Britain
Tate Britain
Clore Auditorium
Free, booking required
Free, booking required
Download the conference schedule (PDF 26Kb)
Speakers:
- Sandra Adler (English Heritage)
- Diana Donald (Independent Scholar)
- Carol Jacobi (National Portrait Gallery)
- Sarah Monks (University of York)
- Charlotte Purkis (University of Winchester)
- Ben Quash (King’s College London)
- Aris Sarafianos (University of Manchester)
- Philip Shaw (University of Leicester)
- Philippa Simpson (Courtauld Institute)
- Colin Trodd (University of Manchester)
- Nicholas Tromans (Kingston University)
- Hilary Underwood (University of Surrey)
Convenors:
- Christine Riding (Tate)
- Alison Smith (Tate)
