In an effort to map a history of paper from its introduction into Western Europe in the thirteent... more In an effort to map a history of paper from its introduction into Western Europe in the thirteenth century via the Arab world through to the eighteenth century, known as the paper century, and charting the journeys of early modern paper in drawing, print and letter, this conference will restructure not only an understanding of paper’s importance in early modern artistic practice but also the governing roles of environment, place, and origin in modes of making and address. With our use of the word ecology, we hope to draw attention to the ways in which looking at the use of paper—described in the early modern period as a product of the earth (flax) and water (from the mill)—can help us to grasp a different understanding of materials, environment and waste as defining factors in creative practice.
In an effort to map a history of paper from its introduction into Western Europe in the thirteent... more In an effort to map a history of paper from its introduction into Western Europe in the thirteenth century via the Arab world through to the eighteenth century, known as the paper century, and charting the journeys of early modern paper in drawing, print and letter, this conference will restructure not only an understanding of paper’s importance in early modern artistic practice but also the governing roles of environment, place, and origin in modes of making and address. With our use of the word ecology, we hope to draw attention to the ways in which looking at the use of paper—described in the early modern period as a product of the earth (flax) and water (from the mill)—can help us to grasp a different understanding of materials, environment and waste as defining factors in creative practice.
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Conference Presentations by Caroline O. Fowler