Events

In this exhibition, we show that images were part of a process. A process of observation, of experimentation, and/or of discovery, of which we exhibit here the printed version. Making images, especially drawing (disegnare), was at the basis of many early modern sciences, as this room also shows (Sala del Disegno by Federico Zuccari. [di più]

How does the act of drawing, engraving, painting, or photographing play a role in thinking and understanding? What is the role of image-making in knowledge production? Across three themes (Earth, Heavens, and Body) we will discuss these questions in case studies from the late Middle Ages to the contemporary. [di più]

In this one-day event, fellows share insights and findings from the research projects they are undertaking at the Bibliotheca Hertizana. [di più]

The depictions of the Transfiguration produced in the Western tradition to stage Christ’s bodily metamorphosis and his divine manifestation provide a rich framework to consider how Christian images represents fugacity, instability, and intermittence. [di più]