“Of Loves and Ladies, Knights and Arms:”The Renaissance Effect
Power Symposium
Co-presented by the Power Institute with the Italian Embassy

Date: Monday, 25 February 2013
Time: 3:00 – 6:30pm (Followed by a reception with light refreshments provided)
Venue: Wooley Common Room, Level 4, John Woolley Building A20 Science Road, University of Sydney
Cost: FREE – The event is free, however seats are limited and registration is essential.
Registration: sydney.edu.au/arts/power/events
Further Information: T: 02 9351 4211
Email: powerinstitute.events@sydney.edu.au

When we think of Renaissance art, we may think of individual examples of great painting and sculpture, but these works were often planned within complex decorative ensembles. In this afternoon of four diverse talks, notable Italian scholars and curators will explore concepts of decoration, luxury and utility in the Renaissance and bringing to our attention many fascinating objects and decorative schemes of the 15th and 16th centuries and their modern afterlives.

Co-presented with the Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Sydney.

Speakers:

• Massimo Ciavolella
  Professor & Chair, Department of Italian, and Professor of Comparative Literature. UCLA, Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Los Angeles

• Alessandro Della Latta
  Research Associate at the Max-Planck-Institut für Kunstgeschichte, Florence

• Marxiano Melotti
  Professor of Contemporary History Niccolo Cusano University, Rome

• Annalisa Zanni
  Director, Poldi Pezzoli Museum, Milan