Ang Li
@angli-caa25.bsky.social
Teacher in Foreign Art History at the China Academy of Art. Italianist, translator and music lover.
https://en.caa.edu.cn/study/schoolsdepartments/school-of-art-and-humanities/department-of-art-history
https://en.caa.edu.cn/study/schoolsdepartments/school-of-art-and-humanities/department-of-art-history
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The Harvard-Yenching Library is now accepting applications for 10 travel grants up to $2,000 each. Open to non-tenured faculty and Ph.D. candidates who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
#sinology
#sinology
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December 16, 2025 at 3:04 PM
The Harvard-Yenching Library is now accepting applications for 10 travel grants up to $2,000 each. Open to non-tenured faculty and Ph.D. candidates who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
#sinology
#sinology
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We are delighted to announce that ‘Siena: The Rise of Painting, 1300–1350’, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the National Gallery in London, is the winner of the Apollo Exhibition of the Year award, which is supported by TM Lighting
apollo-magazine.com/apollo-award...
apollo-magazine.com/apollo-award...
November 20, 2025 at 8:40 PM
We are delighted to announce that ‘Siena: The Rise of Painting, 1300–1350’, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the National Gallery in London, is the winner of the Apollo Exhibition of the Year award, which is supported by TM Lighting
apollo-magazine.com/apollo-award...
apollo-magazine.com/apollo-award...
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We are delighted to announce that ‘The Crucifixion with the Virgin, Saint John the Evangelist and the Magdalen’ by Fra Angelico, acquired by the Ashmolean Museum, is the winner of the Apollo Acquisition of the Year award, which is supported by BRAFA
apollo-magazine.com/apollo-award...
apollo-magazine.com/apollo-award...
November 20, 2025 at 8:42 PM
We are delighted to announce that ‘The Crucifixion with the Virgin, Saint John the Evangelist and the Magdalen’ by Fra Angelico, acquired by the Ashmolean Museum, is the winner of the Apollo Acquisition of the Year award, which is supported by BRAFA
apollo-magazine.com/apollo-award...
apollo-magazine.com/apollo-award...
When browsing where my Academia visitors come from, a country called Seychelles caught my eyes. I wonder who in that small island would be interested in Renaissance art....
November 13, 2025 at 10:28 AM
When browsing where my Academia visitors come from, a country called Seychelles caught my eyes. I wonder who in that small island would be interested in Renaissance art....
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CONF: Color in Motion: Transfers, Transformations, Translations (Geneva, 8-10 Dec 25)
https://arthist.net/archive/51126
https://arthist.net/archive/51126
Color in Motion: Transfers, Transformations, Translations (Geneva, 8-10 Dec 25)
Béatrice Joyeux-Prunel, Université de Genève, CH. Geneva, Switzerland, 08.–10.12.2025
arthist.net
November 11, 2025 at 8:58 PM
CONF: Color in Motion: Transfers, Transformations, Translations (Geneva, 8-10 Dec 25)
https://arthist.net/archive/51126
https://arthist.net/archive/51126
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#Onthisday in 1918, just days before end of #WW1, French poet Apollinaire (weakened by a shrapnel wound) died in the Spanish flu epidemic. Later that year Calligrammes: Poems of Peace & War was published, a collection of his concrete/visual poems publicdomainreview.org/collection/a... #OTD
November 9, 2025 at 12:46 PM
#Onthisday in 1918, just days before end of #WW1, French poet Apollinaire (weakened by a shrapnel wound) died in the Spanish flu epidemic. Later that year Calligrammes: Poems of Peace & War was published, a collection of his concrete/visual poems publicdomainreview.org/collection/a... #OTD
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CONF: Zooming In and Out: Reconsidering Hans Memling (Brugge, 20-21 Nov 25)
https://arthist.net/archive/50832
https://arthist.net/archive/50832
Zooming In and Out: Reconsidering Hans Memling (Brugge, 20-21 Nov 25)
Anna Koopstra. BRUSK (Auditorium), Musea Brugge, Bruges, 20.–21.11.2025
arthist.net
October 10, 2025 at 10:58 AM
CONF: Zooming In and Out: Reconsidering Hans Memling (Brugge, 20-21 Nov 25)
https://arthist.net/archive/50832
https://arthist.net/archive/50832
CfP for a panel on the polemic of illusion and materiality in the transcultural context for the upcoming AAH annual conference at Cambridge. This panel will be convened by me and Sumi from Kyoto University: forarthistory.org.uk/questioning-...
Questioning the Illusion/Materiality Polemics in a Transcultural Art History - For Art History
Ever since the establishment of the perspectival system in Western art, pictorial illusion has been pitted against materiality. Seminal works such as Erwin Panofsky’s Perspective as Symbolic Form and Hubert Damisch’s A Theory of /Cloud/ have helped to solidify this dichotomy. Panofsky’s Eurocentric perspective may have prevented him from engaging with non-Western examples, while Damisch’s […]
forarthistory.org.uk
October 7, 2025 at 12:39 PM
CfP for a panel on the polemic of illusion and materiality in the transcultural context for the upcoming AAH annual conference at Cambridge. This panel will be convened by me and Sumi from Kyoto University: forarthistory.org.uk/questioning-...
Questioning the Illusion/Materiality Polemics in a Transcultural Art History - For Art History
Ever since the establishment of the perspectival system in Western art, pictorial illusion has been pitted against materiality. Seminal works such as Erwin Panofsky’s Perspective as Symbolic Form and Hubert Damisch’s A Theory of /Cloud/ have helped to solidify this dichotomy. Panofsky’s Eurocentric perspective may have prevented him from engaging with non-Western examples, while Damisch’s […]
forarthistory.org.uk
October 1, 2025 at 12:24 PM
CfP for a panel on the polemic of illusion and materiality in the transcultural context for the upcoming AAH annual conference at Cambridge. This panel will be convened by me and Sumi from Kyoto University: forarthistory.org.uk/questioning-...
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ANN: Oxford Medieval Visual Culture Seminar (Oxford, 30 Oct - 4 Dec 25)
https://arthist.net/archive/50739
https://arthist.net/archive/50739
Oxford Medieval Visual Culture Seminar (Oxford, 30 Oct - 4 Dec 25)
Nancy Thebaut. St Catherine's College, Oxford
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September 29, 2025 at 4:58 PM
ANN: Oxford Medieval Visual Culture Seminar (Oxford, 30 Oct - 4 Dec 25)
https://arthist.net/archive/50739
https://arthist.net/archive/50739
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CFP: RACAR Special Issue: Dead Matter and Animated Materials in Art
https://arthist.net/archive/50540
https://arthist.net/archive/50540
RACAR Special Issue: Dead Matter and Animated Materials in Art
Itay Sapir. Eingabeschluss : 25.11.2025
arthist.net
September 12, 2025 at 11:58 AM
CFP: RACAR Special Issue: Dead Matter and Animated Materials in Art
https://arthist.net/archive/50540
https://arthist.net/archive/50540
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First ever exhibition dedicated to the cryptic Flemish (or Dutch?) painter Matthias Stom opens in Brescia Sept. 18.
Matthias Stom. Un caravaggesco nelle collezioni lombarde
Museionline Blog - Il blog di Musei Italiani.
www.museiblog.info
September 16, 2025 at 4:42 PM
First ever exhibition dedicated to the cryptic Flemish (or Dutch?) painter Matthias Stom opens in Brescia Sept. 18.
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Coming later this month: our Bernini's Architectural Drawings, edited by Tod Marder.
It's really two books in one: a translation (mine) and historiographic edition of Brauer & Wittkower's 1931 study, and a modern treatment of Bernini's architectural drawings.
www.hirmerverlag.de/de/titel-32-...
It's really two books in one: a translation (mine) and historiographic edition of Brauer & Wittkower's 1931 study, and a modern treatment of Bernini's architectural drawings.
www.hirmerverlag.de/de/titel-32-...
September 11, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Coming later this month: our Bernini's Architectural Drawings, edited by Tod Marder.
It's really two books in one: a translation (mine) and historiographic edition of Brauer & Wittkower's 1931 study, and a modern treatment of Bernini's architectural drawings.
www.hirmerverlag.de/de/titel-32-...
It's really two books in one: a translation (mine) and historiographic edition of Brauer & Wittkower's 1931 study, and a modern treatment of Bernini's architectural drawings.
www.hirmerverlag.de/de/titel-32-...
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Applications are open for the Renaissance Society of America's short-term research fellowships, including many that give preference to contingent faculty and independent scholars -- apply by September 16th, applicants must be @rsaorg.bsky.social members: www.rsa.org/general/cust... #earlymodern
RSA Fellowships - Renaissance Society of America
New requirement: Beginning with the current cycle, applicants must have been an RSA member for at least 12 months immediately prior to application, in order to be eligible. This change, announced in mid-2024, consolidates the funding available for fellowships while recognizing that the number of applicants is only a portion of the membership. You can review your dues payments by signing in to the RSA website and going to Membership Info under the My Profile tab. It indicates the date through which your membership is current and you will see a list of all dues payments. If you are still unsure about your eligibility after checking your membership payments in your RSA profile, please contact rsa@rsa.org.
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August 27, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Applications are open for the Renaissance Society of America's short-term research fellowships, including many that give preference to contingent faculty and independent scholars -- apply by September 16th, applicants must be @rsaorg.bsky.social members: www.rsa.org/general/cust... #earlymodern
My new post is out!
From the Ground Up: the Structure of Dunhuang Frescoes
One of my main research questions is about the structure of paintings. For instance, the so-called figure and ground problem is a problem about ‘structure’. Structure can be built and d…
leonardli.blog
August 28, 2025 at 2:36 AM
My new post is out!
If my memory doesn't fail me, I still remember seeing a Savoldo fresco in Bresia.
Giovanni Girolamo Savoldo, St Matthew and the Angel, c. 1534, Oil on canvas, 93 x 125 cm (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)
August 21, 2025 at 11:13 AM
If my memory doesn't fail me, I still remember seeing a Savoldo fresco in Bresia.
Found some interesting stuff in the Mogao Caves. How can the absence of ground colour solidify the preservation of the foreground figures? Normally, the original colour of the figures would darken over time. Due to the flow of the air through the plain wall, the original colour remains.
August 19, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Found some interesting stuff in the Mogao Caves. How can the absence of ground colour solidify the preservation of the foreground figures? Normally, the original colour of the figures would darken over time. Due to the flow of the air through the plain wall, the original colour remains.
I'm now in Dunhuang now! The climate is drier and warmer than Hangzhou. I will go to see some caves tomorrow. Looking forward to my three-day trip.
August 15, 2025 at 1:46 PM
I'm now in Dunhuang now! The climate is drier and warmer than Hangzhou. I will go to see some caves tomorrow. Looking forward to my three-day trip.
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'Echoes of Great Brightness: The Ming Dynasty and Beyond' In Oxford, 16-17 September. Booking now open. I'm honoured (my goodness, I really am, so grateful to this amazing roster of colleagues)
web.cvent.com/event/a4ff13...
web.cvent.com/event/a4ff13...
Echoes of Great Brightness: The Ming Dynasty and Beyond.
An International Conference in Honour of Craig Clunas.
web.cvent.com
July 3, 2025 at 1:38 PM
'Echoes of Great Brightness: The Ming Dynasty and Beyond' In Oxford, 16-17 September. Booking now open. I'm honoured (my goodness, I really am, so grateful to this amazing roster of colleagues)
web.cvent.com/event/a4ff13...
web.cvent.com/event/a4ff13...
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‘Humanists knew that they were imitating the ancients when they sat and talked in libraries. But they knew little about what these lost collections looked like or included.’
Anthony Grafton on Renaissance libraries: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Anthony Grafton on Renaissance libraries: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Anthony Grafton · No Cheese Please: The First Bibliophiles
The library made possible a new kind of intellectual life. Machiavelli, when he’d been exiled from Florence, described...
www.lrb.co.uk
July 18, 2025 at 4:10 PM
‘Humanists knew that they were imitating the ancients when they sat and talked in libraries. But they knew little about what these lost collections looked like or included.’
Anthony Grafton on Renaissance libraries: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Anthony Grafton on Renaissance libraries: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Tiepolo should draw more scholarly attention! I recently translated an article by Damian Dombrowski into Chinese, which has been published by meishu guancha (art observation).
July 15, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Tiepolo should draw more scholarly attention! I recently translated an article by Damian Dombrowski into Chinese, which has been published by meishu guancha (art observation).
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It's been a long road since our first letter! Your article was the first we discovered! You sent me to Nancy Steinhardt who introduced us to Jeff Cody who became a dear family friend. He lectured on LJP in Paris! And this year LJP had his first solo exhibit at the CAA, the school he cofounded!
June 25, 2025 at 6:06 PM
It's been a long road since our first letter! Your article was the first we discovered! You sent me to Nancy Steinhardt who introduced us to Jeff Cody who became a dear family friend. He lectured on LJP in Paris! And this year LJP had his first solo exhibit at the CAA, the school he cofounded!