Lecture by Johannes Endres (UC Riverside) | 27 Febraury 2023 | Styles in the Arts and in the Sciences Seminar

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From: Matteo Vagelli <matteo....@GMAIL.COM>

All are invited to join the upcoming meeting of the Styles in the Arts and in the Sciences Seminar

Johannes Endres (UC Riverside) 

'"Style” in an Interdisciplinary Perspective'

Date: Monday 27 February 2023

Time: 17.30-19.30 (CEST/Rome Time)

Place: Online (Zoom)

*No registration needed. Please click here to attend the meeting*

Abstract

Today, “style” is a rubbery word that can mean almost anything in just about any context. That used to be different, from its origin in ancient rhetoric, through its rediscovery in the Italian Renaissance and the concept's advent as a technical term in art history in the eighteenth century, all the way to it reconceptualization in the later nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in the fields of literary criticism, philosophy, sociology, the history of science, and beyond. My talk is going to present relevant stages of the history of the concept, offering, at the same time, an overview of major epistemological traits on which its future use as part of an interdisciplinary language for the interpretation of visual and literary works of art could be based.

Speaker

Johannes Endres is Professor of Comparative Literature and Art History at the Department of Comparative Literature and Languages at UC Riverside. Endres specializes in19th Century Art History, German and European Literature 1750-1900, Cultural Studies and Critical Theory. He has published extensively on the intersections of text, visual arts, music, intellectual history, natural sciences, and the history of science. His most recent research projects are dedicated to Friedrich Schlegel, a pivotal figure of German and European intellectualism, and to concepts of fetishism in art, culture, and social studies.

More information

This seminar is organized by Matteo Vagelli and is part of the activities of EPISTYLE. This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement number 101030646. Please visit the website of the project for more information and the complete program.