1st April 2015 Raphael Conference

SHOWCASING RAPHAEL

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

 

PAUSE

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