Apr 7th, 2009 by ds
Art and History in Renaissance Italy:
A Symposium in Honor of John T. Paoletti
Friday, May 1st, and Saturday, May 2nd, 2009
Session 1: Friday, May 1st, 2:00-4:30, Russell House
Wesleyan University, 350 High St.
Art and Literature
Moderator: Judith Brown, Wesleyan University
Debra Pincus, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
“When Did Dante Get to Look like Dante?”
Daniel M. Zolli, Wesleyan ‘07
“The ‘Hypnerotmachia Poliphili’ (1499) and Aldus Manutius’ Humanist Literary
Enterprise”
Nadja Aksamija, Wesleyan University
“Sacralizing the Bolognese Landscape: Architecture, Poetry, and the Counter-Reformation Villa”
Dinner for All Symposium Participants and Their Guests, Russell House, 5:30–7:30.
Session 2: Saturday, May 2nd, 10:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Russell House
Quattrocento Art and Patronage
Moderator: Clark Maines, Wesleyan University
Shelley Zuraw, University of Georgia
“What Brunelleschi Learned in Pistoia: The Competition Panel Again”
Sharon Strocchia, Emory University
“Abbess Piera de’ Medici and Artistic Patronage at S. Verdiana, Florence, c. 1450″
David Drogin, Fashion Institute of Technology, State University of New York
“Sculpture, Patronage, Emulation and the Bentivoglio of Bologna”
Lunch for All Symposium Participants and Their Guests, Russell House, 12:30-1:30.
Session 3: 2:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m., Russell House
Cinquecento and Sculpture
Moderator: Laurie Nussdorfer, Wesleyan University
William E. Wallace, Washington University, St. Louis
“On Location…or why go? Reflections on Conducting Research in Italy”
Gary M. Radke, Syracuse University
“Leonardo, Student of Sculpture”
Questions and discussion; coffee break.
Roger Crum, University of Dayton
“Pieces, and, Yes, Masterpieces: The Use of Crying over Spilled Marble in Renaissance Florence”
Michael Cole, University of Pennsylvania
“Clothed Men in Piazza”
Questions and discussion.
Reception for All Symposium Participants and Attendees, Russell House,
5:30-6-30 p.m.
For questions about the symposium, please e-mail Joseph Siry