The Call for Papers for the Quart – „Quart. Quarterly of Art History Institute at the University of Wroclaw” Issue 60 (June 2021) is now open until 1st March 2021
With the theme “Integritas, proportio et claritas. The historical city – its past and present image”, this issue is dedicated to historical urbanism. “This subject can be approached from the perspective of questions relating to the history of the city, its theory, as well as the problems of preserving its historical and artistic heritage.
In each of the aspects of the research of urban space as a “social product” (the city is, after all, a mode of social organisation of space), in the field of functional “mapping” of the city, and in the area of greatest interest to art historians – the analysis of the city as a “work of art”, the use of the possibility of obtaining broad research horizons (both in the sense of contexts, methods, and broader reception of the results of the search) seems extremely beneficial. It is also no longer possible today to simply analyse the city space as a secular or sacral one, as a space of production or consumption. Modern analyses also allow us to cross these boundaries as well.”
Papers can address the following issues:
- Comparative urbanism;
- Images of the city;
- Historical and contemporary reception of the urban landscape and its individual elements;
- Traditional and latest methodologies for the study of urban history;
- Preservation of the city’s historic landscape and methods of intervention to foster its sustainable development.
Papers (from 20,000 to 40,000 characters, in Polish or English, with up to 10 illustrations) should be submitted to quart@uwr.edu.pl.
The call for papers can be downloaded here.
For more information, please go to the Quart website.
