Events

New Fellows’ Presentations

Founded in 1913, the Bibliotheca Hertziana-Max Planck Institute for Art History comprises of the departments “Cities and Spaces in Premodernity” led by Prof. Dr. Tanja Michalsky and “Art of the Modern Age in a Global Context” led by Prof. Dr. Tristan Weddigen, alongside Drs. Sietske Fransen and Francesca Borgo’s research groups “Visualizing Science in Media Revolutions” and “Decay, Loss, and Conservation in Art History”, respectively. Each department and research group hosts an international group of pre- and postdoctoral fellows undertaking research that spans a vast array of methodologies, chronologies, and geographies to tackle issues at the cutting edge of the field. [di più]

Memories of Rome - Drawings as Souvenirs from around 1800

Research Exhibition curated by Johannes Röll
Ninety-seven drawings from the late 18th century were acquired by the Bibliotheca Hertziana over a hundred years ago, most likely as originals by the well-known artist Felice Giani. Most of them are faithful but sketchy copies of drawings by the Slovene Franz Caucig, who lived in Rome from 1780 to 1787. They were probably made for an English Grand Tourist and sold as souvenirs. [di più]

Literary and Cultural Circulation Between Italy and Brazil

Workshop
As part of the 2024 celebrations marking the 150th anniversary of Italian emigration to Brazil, this workshop will explore the artistic and cultural ties between the two nations from the turn of the 20th century to the present. [di più]
Pentimenti, ripassi, ritocchi caratterizzano tre versanti teoricamente e concettualmente diversificati dell’atto grafico autografo. [di più]
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