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[caption id="attachment_4083" align="aligncenter" width="439"] Diego Vélasquez, Les Ménines, huile sur toile, 3,18 x 2,76 cm, Madrid, musée du Prado.[/caption]Type : colloqueDate et horaire : du 7 au 9 mars 2019.Lieu : Madrid, Espagne.Instituto Moll. Center for research in Flemish Painting in Spain (Madrid) organizes together with the Leiden University and the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos (Madrid) the international conference “Magnificence in the 17th Century. Performing Splendour in Catholic and Protestant Contexts”The conference will be celebrated on 7, 8 and 9 March 2019 in Madrid. The meeting will bring together more than 30 researchers from different European universities and institutions.The conference reflects on the performance of the virtue of magnificence, defined by Aristotle as “a fitting expenditure involving largeness of scale”. The magnificent man had to spend according to the circumstances avoiding the vicious extremes of avarice and extravagance. Performing magnificence, therefore, was extremely difficult and was compared by Aristotle to the artistic process of creating a true work of art.Along eight sessions, focused on ethics, politics, theatre, architecture, court ballet, painting and festivities, the conference participants will discuss how this virtue was expressed in 17th century Catholic and Protestant contexts.PROGRAM:Thursday, 7th MarchFundación Mapfre (Paseo Recoletos, 23)15.00-15.15: Opening15.15-15.45: Stijn Bussels (ULeiden) &#38; Gijs Versteegen (URJC) - Conference Introduction15.45-16.30: Michèle Caroline Heck (Univ. Paul-Valéry Montpellier III) - Keynote presentation: Magnificency,between effect of power and power of effectCoffee break16.50-18.20: Session I. The Virtue of MagnificenceJorge Fernández-Santos Ortiz-Iribas (URJC) - Oculus Regum est prudentia: Medieval Roots of the Habsburg Monarch’s Visual UniquenessMatthias Roick (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen) - Schooling Magnificence: Disputations on Ethics IV in Seventeenth-Century Protestant UniversitiesMaría Díez Yáñez (UAM) - Magnificence: the Classics Interpreted Through ModernityDiscussionBreak18.40-19.40: Session II. TheatreKlaas Tindemans (Vrije Universiteit Brussel) - The Libertine Subversion of the Masque. The Case of Rochester’s Lucina’s RapeVictoire Malenfer (École Normale Supérieure, Paris) - To Have, to Perform, to Be: Magnificence as a Defining Aesthetic Category for Court Plays under the Reign of Louis XIVDiscussionBook PresentationAna Crespo Solana (CSIC) and Ana DiéguezRodríguez (Instituto Moll) - El ceremonial de la Cortede Bruselas del siglo XVII, by José Eloy Hortal (dir.), África Espíldora and Pierre-F. Pirlet (eds.)Friday, 8th March10.45-12.15: Session III: The CourtUniversity Campus URJC (Quintana, 21)10.00-10.45: Antonio Urquízar Herrera (UNED) - Keynote presentation: On the Limits of MagnificenceAnne-Madeleine Goulet (CNRS-CESR-ERC Program PerformArt) - Magnificence and Issues of Power in the17th Century. Flavio Orsini and Marie-Anne de la Trémoille between Rome and Paris (1675-1686)Jonathan Spangler (U. Manchester Metropolitan) - Budget Magnificence: The Dukes of Lorraine Restored, 1660 and 1698, and their Attempts to Rebuild Courtly Magnificence within Limited MeansJosé Eloy Hortal &#38; Félix Labrador Arroyo (URJC) - The Magnificence of the Royal Household: the case of the Spanish MonarchyDiscussionCoffee break12.45-14.15: Session IV: Court ArchitectureStijn Bussels (ULeiden) &#38; Bram van Oostveldt (UvA) - Building Magnificence: The Amsterdam Town Hall &#38; VersaillesFrederik Knegtel (ULeiden) - The Case of Val-deGrâce. On the Interplay between Magnificence and Humility in French Royal Architecture during the Seventeenth CenturyElizabeth den Hartog (ULeiden) - Fit for a King! Gaspar Fagel’s Plant Collection at Leeuwenhorst (Netherlands)Lunch16.00-17.30: Session V: Court BalletGerrit Berenike Heiter (ULeipzig) - Magnificence in Gold and Silver – The Display of Costly Costumes in French Court Ballet (1573-1651)Kathrin Stocker (ULeipzig) - The Ducal Stage: Theatre Performance and the Display of Magnificence in 17th century WürttembergDiana Campóo (UAM) - Dancing Gods in Human Shape”: Masques and Saraos in the Spanish Court of Philip III and Margaret of Austria (1599-1611)DiscussionSaturday, 9th MarchUniversity Campus URJC (Quintana, 21)9.30-10.30: Session VI: Religious ArchitectureAnne Françoise Morel (KULeuven) - Magnificence Exemplified: the Restoration of the Old St. Paul’s LondonLindsay Alberts (Savannah College of Art and Design) - Maiestate Tantum: Heavenly Jerusalem at the Cappella dei PrincipiDiscussionCoffee break10.50-11.50: Session VII: PaintingMiguel Hermoso Cuesta (UCM) - Family matters. A new iconographic reading of the Salón de los ReinosAna Diéguez-Rodríguez (Instituto Moll-UBU) - The Magnificence beyond the interior of the palaces. The role of the urban and countryside settings for the ArchdukesDiscussionBreak12.10-13.40: Session VIII: FestivitiesAlessandro Metlica (Università degli Studi di Padova) &#38; Caroline Heering (UCLouvain) - The Most Serene and Magnificent Republic. Public Festivities in Venice During the Morean WarAlessandra Mignatti (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore - Univ. Bergamo) - Magnificence and Regality in Milan Funeral Sets, from the Age of Philip IV to the one of Charles VIBorja Franco Llopis (UNED) - Constructing the Magnificence: The Expulsion of Moriscos and the Image of the Spanish Kings in the Royal Catafalques and Ephemeral CelebrationsDiscussionClosing SessionConcluding words by the Conference's DirectorsThe conference takes place in Madrid. On 7 March at the Fundación Mapfre (Paseo de Recoletos 23) and on 8-9 March at the campus of the Universidad Rey Juan Carlos (Calle Quintana 21).Program: http://royalsitesheritage.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Triptico-Conference-Magnificence.pdf&#160;