In Focus: The Grand Tour, the two Horaces and the Court of Florence (1740-1786) 24 March – 24 July 2022 A survey of the architecture of Florence, richly illustrated by Ferdinando Ruggeri (1722) –recently ‘returned home’ to Strawberry Hill House - inspires third In Focus display The New Year sees Strawberry Hill House taking visitors … Continue reading REMINDER: In Focus – The Grand Tour, the two Horaces and the Court of Florence (1740-1786) (24 March – 24 July 2022) #2
In Focus: The Grand Tour, the two Horaces and the Court of Florence (1740-1786) (24 March – 24 July 2022)
In Focus: The Grand Tour, the two Horaces and the Court of Florence (1740-1786) 24 March – 24 July 2022 A survey of the architecture of Florence, richly illustrated by Ferdinando Ruggeri (1722) –recently ‘returned home’ to Strawberry Hill House - inspires third In Focus display The New Year sees Strawberry Hill House taking visitors … Continue reading In Focus: The Grand Tour, the two Horaces and the Court of Florence (1740-1786) (24 March – 24 July 2022)
CFP: History, architecture and heritage (Milan/Mantua, 28-29 October 2021)
Subject: CFP: History, architecture and heritage (Milan/Mantua, 28-29 Oct 21) Politecnico di Milano in Milan and Mantova, Oct 28–29, 2021 Deadline: May 25, 2021 History, architecture and heritage: building the architectural identity. Milan, Europe (1796-1848). International colloquium under the direction of Elisa Boeri (Polimi), Pierre Coffy (Paris 1/UniMi), Francesca Mattei (Roma Tre). Historiography has largely … Continue reading CFP: History, architecture and heritage (Milan/Mantua, 28-29 October 2021)
CONF: Cardinal Alessandro Albani: Collecting, Dealing and Diplomacy in Grand Tour Europe (11 – 12 December 2019, Rome)
The first day of a two-day conference bringing together an international range of art historians alongside scholars of related humanistic disciplines to open a new chapter on the multifaceted life and career of Cardinal Alessandro Albani (1692–1779), ‘The Father of the Grand Tour’. Day two will be at the Bibliotecca Nazionale Centrale, Castro Pretorio. Organised … Continue reading CONF: Cardinal Alessandro Albani: Collecting, Dealing and Diplomacy in Grand Tour Europe (11 – 12 December 2019, Rome)
Book Review: Paolo Coen, ed., The Art Market in Rome in the Eighteenth Century: A Study in the Social History of Art. Leiden: Brill, 2019 (review by Seren Nolan)
From our forthcoming newsletter: In the study of European art markets during the long eighteenth century, Rome has occupied a curiously liminal position. Despite its centrality as a location for the formulation of taste in this period, the markets of Paris and London have, by comparison, received far more scholarly attention. Indeed, as Paolo Coen … Continue reading Book Review: Paolo Coen, ed., The Art Market in Rome in the Eighteenth Century: A Study in the Social History of Art. Leiden: Brill, 2019 (review by Seren Nolan)