Enfilade

Paul Delaroche, The Execution of Lady Jane Grey, 1833 (London: National Gallery)

CORRESPONDANCES
Exchanges and Tensions between Art, Theatre and Opera in France, c.1750-1850

National Gallery, London, 26-27 March 2010
in collaboration with the University of Nottingham: Institute for Research in Visual Culture (NIRVC) and Centre for Music on Stage and Screen (MOSS)

Abstracts due September 1, 2009

This conference will explore a rich field of interdisciplinary research, that of the relations between art, theatre and opera in France from the later 18C to the mid 19C. As key elements in Parisian cultural life, art, theatre and opera all underwent extensive changes during this period, adapting and responding to profound socio-political disruption and transformation from the Revolution to the Second Republic. Painting, theatre and opera all shared concerns with the representation of compelling narrative, and more specifically with choices regarding contemporary or historic subjects. One aspect of this dynamic situation was the highly permeable interface/threshold that existed between different media. (more…)