On the occasion of the AAH (Association of Art Historians) Annual Conference, 15-17 April 2010, University of Glasgow, a session on the following topic will be held:
ART IN THE PUBLIC SPHERE, PUBLIC SPHERES IN ART. MIDDLE AGES AND RENAISSANCE
Art has helped to define spaces for communication in the public sphere since the middle ages, and its own basic concepts have been shaped by these processes. Correspondingly, genres and themes, methods and tasks have had constantly to be adapted to (...)