Call for abstracts: Symposium on Polychromy StudiesArchaeology of Colour

Call for abstracts is now open

Symposium on Polychromy Studies (online, 17^th & 18^th April 2024)

Archaeology of Colour. The Production of polychromy in sculpture up to the 16^th century.

Deadline: 15^th December

This symposium aims to engage scholars from different fields to enrich our understanding of the production of polychromy in sculpture up to the 16^th century. Communications on subjects related to the production of polychromy on different chronologies, geographies, and technologies are welcome: 

§   Materials and Techniques

§   Documentation

§   The meanings of colour

§   Circulation of materials, techniques, artists, and artworks 

§   Experimental Archaeology

• Knowledge transmission among neighbourhood chronologies, geographies, and technologies.

§   Novel techniques and scientific approaches for studying polychromy

§   Material/Digital reconstructions of past appearances – technical challenges, experience on the public's response, etc. 

Papers will be published in a special issue of Conservar Património a peer-reviewed Open Access journal indexed in Scopus and Web of Science.

This symposium, to be held online, is organized within the scope of the project Archaeology of Colour (PTDC/ART-OUT/5992/2020), a project dedicated to studying the polychromy of medieval and early modern Portuguese sculpture.

Organization: NOVA School of Science and Technology (Universidade NOVA de Lisboa) & Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga.

Important dates:

Call for abstracts: 1^st October- 15^th of December 2023

Decision on abstracts: 1^st of February 2024

Deadline for manuscripts: 16^th of April 2024

Conference dates: 17^th and 18^th of April 2024 (online)

For more information about this symposium, please visit:

https://sites.google.com/campus.fct.unl.pt/archaeology-of-colour/home