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[caption id="attachment_4961" align="aligncenter" width="350"] Carlo Marchionni, Design for a Doorway in the Villa Albani, Rome, 1755–1756, pen and brown ink, brush with brown and grey wash, graphite on cream laid paper, 41 × 28 cm, New York, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Museum.[/caption]Type : appel à communication.Date limite de l’appel : 29 mars 2020.Date de l’événement : 1er et et 02 octobre 2020.Lieu : Rome, Istituto Svizzero.Stucco decoration has been traditionally studied considering its formal and artistic qualities. Despite much research and numerous publications have explored the works of the stuccatori and their cultural context, there has been little attention on the “art and industry” of these artists, and on how their practical and technical “know-how” contributed to the great professional and artistic success that they enjoyed. Many stucco decorations all over Europe have been realized by masters coming from the region between Lombardy and Ticino and their working methods spread all over Europe.This international conference aims at examining the techniques and the artistic processes with which stucco decoration has been realized in different European countries from the 16th to the 17th Century, by foreign or by local masters. Stucco is very versatile and composite artwork, it can be executed using different materials and production methods according to what is available on site and the ability of the masters to manipulate the mortar. The conference will examine this and other related topics with an interdisciplinary approach, considering art and social history, technical art history, material science as subjects of enquiry.Key question:– The role of stucco makers in the design of decorative schemes– Materials used to create stucco decoration: relationship between their provenance, technicalcharacteristic and working properties– Artistic techniques used to create stucco decoration: supporting structures, coarse and finelayers, polishing– Organisation of the working site and collaboration with architects, builders, and other artists assculptors or paintersOrganisation committeeGiacinta Jean, Alberto Felici, Marta Caroselli SUPSI – MendrisioLetizia Tedeschi Archivio del Moderno – BalernaSerena Quagliaroli, Giulia Spoltore Centro Studi per la storia dello stucco in Età Moderna e Contemporanea, Archivio del Moderno – BalernaJana Zapletalova University of OlomoucScheduleAbstracts (max. 2000 characters) for 20-minute presentations and a short CV (max. 500 characters) can be submitted in English by no later than March 29th 2020 to stuccodecoration@supsi.chNotification of acceptance will be given by April 27th 2020.