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From ArtHist.net:

Interpretations of Longinus in the Literature, Painted and Printed Imagery of the Early Modern Period
Edited Volume of Essays To Be Published in 2025

Proposals due by 15 July 2023; final chapters due by 1 July 2024

This volume of the series Trends in Classics (to be published by De Gruyter) seeks to explore aspects of Longinian ideas, addressing in particular the concept of the sublime. It will bring together scholars of art history, history of ideas, literature, and philosophy to reflect upon the reception of these ideas in the literature and the art of Italy, Spain, and the Low Countries from the 15th through the 18th century. Considering that there is probably no direct evidence concerning the Longinian sublime as a productive theory in the early modern times, the primary interest lies in possible interpretations of works in certain artistic media (paintings and prints) as well as re-readings of the Peri hypsus in the literature of the period.

The starting point is the relationship among artists, literati, and patrons; the connections of artworks to various textual sources; the existence of sublime/Longinian literature in libraries of the period; and the tracing of relevant text dissemination. The network of acquaintance with the notion of the sublime may be opened up towards other directions, such as politics, the treatment of the human body, the aesthetics of antiquity, and the Renaissance. The tackling of a complex problem such as the reception of Longinian ideas, makes cross-disciplinary research imperative.

The completed volume will be published in 2025. Drafts from participants will be discussed during an online workshop in February 2024. The presentations will be 20 minutes long. Contributors are invited to submit their proposals in English. There is a two-stage submission procedure.

15 July 2023
Please send a 250-word proposal (in English) and a short cv (500 words) to all the members of the editorial board:
• Ianthi Assimakopoulou, National Kapodistrian University of Athens, ianthiassim@icloud.com
• Nafsika (Nancy) Litsardopoulou, Athens School of Fine Arts, nancylitsardo@hotmail.com
• Evina Sistakou, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, sistakou@gmail.com

15 September 2023
Selected abstracts will be invited to participate in the online international workshop in February 2024, under the aegis of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens – Department of History and Archaeology.

February 2024
Online workshop.

1 July 2024
Submission of final versions of the papers (up to 7000 words, excluding bibliography). Following a peer review process, the editorial board will make final decisions on the acceptance of papers.