The University of Kent in Rome will be holding a conference – Showcasing Raphael – in the Auriana auditorium of the American University of Rome, via Pietro Roselli, 16, Rome (Gianicolo) on the afternoon of 1 April 2015 (from 1400, free registration, all welcome). Confirmed speakers and titles as follow below
SESSION I (TOM HENRY, SESSION CHAIR)
1400 TOM HENRY Welcome and Session Introduction
1405 SHERYL REISS Raphael and the Patronage Game
1435 DAVID EKSERDJIAN Raphael and Dürer
1505 QUESTIONS
1510 LINDA WOLK-SIMON A Proposal on the Identity of the Sitter in Raphael’s
Portrait of a Lady with a Unicorn
1540 PAUL JOANNIDES Raphael, a Cardinal and a Pope
1600 QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION
SESSION II (CLAIRE VAN CLEAVE, SESSION CHAIR)
1620 CLAIRE VAN CLEAVE Session Introduction and Raphael’s Ajax
1630 CLAUDIA LA MALFA To paint a beautiful woman, I need to see many:
Raphael’s Portrait Drawings
1700 BEN THOMAS Eloquence in Raphael drawings
1730 QUESTIONS
1735 PAUL GWYNNE The Poet and the Prince of Painters: The program of decoration for the Villa Medici by Francesco Sperulo
1805 TOM HENRY Raphael’s Self-portrait with Giulio Romano
1830 QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION
DAVID EKSERDJIAN, Professor of History of Art, University of Leicester
PAUL GWYNNE, Professor of Classics, Director of Interdisciplinary Studies, American University of Rome,
TOM HENRY, Professor of History of Art, University of Kent
PAUL JOANNIDES, Emeritus Professor of History of Art, University of Cambridge
CLAUDIA LA MALFA, Professore Straordinario, Università Telematica Uninettuno; Adjunct Professor, American University of Rome
SHERYL REISS, President, Italian Art Society
BEN THOMAS, Senior Lecturer, History of Art, University of Kent
CLAIRE VAN CLEAVE, independent art historian
LINDA WOLK-SIMON, Director and Chief Curator, University Collections, Fairfield University, Fairfield, Connecticut
For further information please contact Prof. T.F.K. Henry, Professor of History of Art, Academic Director for Rome, T.F.K.Henry@kent.ac.uk