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[caption id="attachment_1550" align="aligncenter" width="500"] D'après Sir Anthony van Dyck, Autoportrait au tournesol, ca. 1675-7), Ham House.© National Trust images.[/caption]‘Auricular Style: Frames’ Conference5th &#38; 6th October, 2016, the Wallace Collection, London.This two-day international conference will be the first dedicated to the Auricular style, centring on one of its most significant manifestations, the picture frame. The conference aims to stimulate awareness &#38; study of this important but neglected style by bringing together research in fine &#38; decorative art histories. It will consider the origins &#38; development of the style in different materials, together with its dissemination between European centres. The conference will explore how other areas of the decorative &#38; applied arts fed into the creation of picture frames, &#38; were in their turn nourished through the influence of these sculptural objects.Fourteen speakers are anticipated, &#38; currently include Karen Hearn (University College London), Jacob Simon (National Portrait Gallery), Hubert Baija (Rijksmuseum), Daniela Roberts (University of Würzburg), Allison Stielau (McGill University) &#38; Ada de Wit (Radboud University / Wallace Collection). Displays to run simultaneously with the conference are planned with the Guildhall Art Gallery, &#38; Ham House, London.Relevant topics include, but are not limited to, connections between countries (Italy, France, Bohemia, the Netherlands, Britain, Germany &#38; Scandinavia); the Van Vianens; Fontainebleau; the grotesque; ‘Medici’ frames; the influence of prints; Auricular settings; craftsmanship; the style’s decline &#38; its revivals. Poster presentations exhibited during the conference will be edited with the papers &#38; published, fully illustrated, for free download on Auricular Style: Frames, which it is hoped will become a hub for future related research.Enquiries &#38; submissions (300-400 word abstracts as Word documents) to alabone.g@gmail.comDeadline for submissions : 29th January, 2016.Registration free for speakers &#38; poster contributors. Agreed travel &#38; accommodation expenses reimbursed for speakers.