„The Materiality of Beauty. Approaches, Methods, and Problems in the Field of Beauty Studies“

Conference report

Lisa Brunner: „The Materiality of Beauty. Approaches, Methods, and Problems in the Field of Beauty Studies“, in: Figurationen des Übergangs, Jg. 2023, S. 1-3. DOI: 10.25598/transitionen-2023-5 <https://transition.hypotheses.org/2155>

The symposium took place from September 24 to 28 in Innsbruck, Salzburg, and Vienna. It is a cooperation between the Museumsverband Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien / Schloss Ambras and the program “Figurations of Transition” of the inter-university cooperative “Science and Art” at the University of Salzburg and the Mozarteum University.

Programme of the itinerant symposium „Medicine, Beauty and the Body: Materials, Texts and Artifacts“, Sept. 24-28, 2023

Flyer_Collective Lecture_Beauty and Medicine, Sept. 26, 2023

Uni TV_Recording of Collective Lecture, Sept. 26, 2023

This is the public presentation of our itinerant symposium, “Medicine, Beauty and the Body”, in which we discuss historical cultures of beauty alongside materials, texts and artifacts. We aim to explore historical continuities and changes in the knowledge and materials by bringing together experts working on the field from antiquity to the early modern period.


22.12.2023

A conference report by Lisa Brunner. The symposium took place from September 24 to 28 in Innsbruck, Salzburg, and Vienna.