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Call for Abstracts

Oral and poster presentations

Topics

  • Art technical studies in the context of the research and the conservation of paintings by Dieric Bouts and contemporaries
  • Studies on the technical examination of art on different supports: on wood, paper and parchment broadly created between 1400-1600.
  • Studies on technical examination of illuminated manuscripts or manuscript illustrated with drawings.
  • Studies of underdrawings, sketches, cartoons, model books and illuminated manuscripts to transfer concepts from one to another medium.
  • Case studies on the identification of materials employing innovative imaging and analytical methods.
  • New tools, methodologies and viewing platforms to disseminate visual and analytical data for technical art
  • Innovative uses of artificial intelligence and machine learning in the field of connoisseurship.

Submissions instructions

  • Abstracts can be submitted for oral and poster presentations. Submitting authors can select their preferred type of presentation in the online submission platform. The final decision whether an abstract submission is accepted as an oral presentation or poster presentation will be taken by the Scientific Committee.
  • Abstracts are to be written in English and should be submitted electronically using the Conftool abstract management system. Mandatory fields are marked with an asterisk (*).
  • There is no limit to the number of abstracts an individual may submit. Please note that the scientific committee may limit the number of oral presentations for one individual.
  • All authors have consented to be included as co-authors, have read and approved the abstract and its contents, and agree with the results stated. Please note that after the abstract submission deadline has passed, further changes cannot be accepted.
  • All abstracts must be relevant to the symposium topics that are mentioned here above.
  • Please respect the word limits for the length of the abstract:
      • Title: maximum 20 words
      • Abstracts: maximum 600 words
      • Keywords: minimum 3, maximum 5
  • The abstract submission deadline is: Thursday 1 June 2023 => extended to Sunday 11 June 2023.
  • The notification letters to the authors will be sent Monday 3 July 2023.
  • The registration and payment deadline for authors in order to present, is Monday 18 September 2023.
  • Submission deadline late-break posters: 10 September 2023
  • Notification letters for late-break posters: 18 September 2023

Full papers

Full Papers have to be submitted before 5th of June 2024
Contact: lieve.watteeuw@kuleuven.be