Calendar

February 2012

Lecture: Patricia H. Labalme Friends of the Library
Palazzo Farnese ovvero una Accademia 'ante litteram'
Wednesday, 15 February 2012 - 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Villa Aurelia
Rome
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Palazzo Farnese ovvero una Accademia 'ante litteram'

Professor Francesco Buranelli, Segretario della Pontificia Commissione per i Beni Culturali della Chiesa / Secretary of the Pontifical Commission for the Cultural Heritage of the Church, will give the Patricia H. Labalme Friends of the Library Lecture entitled "Palazzo Farnese ovvero una Accademia ante litteram."

The Palazzo Farnese continues to fulfill a major role in European culture, approximately five hundred years after its construction under the direction of Pope Paul III (Alessandro Farnese, 1468-1549, Pope from 1534) and his Cardinal-nephews—the "grand" Cardinal Alessandro, Ranuccio and Odoardo. This was demonstrated by the exhibition on the Palazzo that the French Embassy in Rome organized last year. The Palazzo’s "cultural vocation" has deep roots and was developed through a careful and visionary initiative of the Casa Farnese, which called on the best architects, decorators, and artists of the Renaissance as well as the most accomplished humanists of the time to work on it. This Academy "ante litteram" never faltered, and it regenerated itself over the centuries. Today we can appreciate all that it continues to offer.

The lecture will be held in Italian. Seats available on a first come, first served basis.

A distanza di circa cinquecento anni dalla costruzione di Palazzo Farnese per volere ed opera di Papa Paolo III (Alessandro Farnese, 1468-1549, Papa dal 1534) e dei suoi cardinali nipoti, il "gran" cardinale Alessandro, Ranuccio e Odoardo, Palazzo Farnese continua ancora oggi ad assolvere un ruolo di primaria importanza nella cultura europea come ha dimostrato la mostra organizzata lo scorso anno dall’Ambasciata di Francia. Questa "vocazione culturale" ha radici profonde e si sviluppò solo grazie alla accorta e lungimirante iniziativa di Casa Farnese che chiamò a lavorare a Palazzo i migliori architetti, artisti e decoratori del Rinascimento oltre ai più colti umanisti del tempo. Questa Accademia ”ante-litteram” non venne mai meno, anzi si rigenerò nei secoli ed ancora oggi, a distanza di secoli, ne possiamo apprezzare i contenuti e i risultati.

La conferenza si terrà in lingua italiana. Posti disponibili fino ad esaurimento.

 

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Exhibition
Dmitry Kaminker's 'Rome Sustainable Tower Project'
Wednesday, 29 February 2012 - 12:00pm - 8:00pm
AAR Gallery
Rome
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Dmitry Kaminker's 'Rome Sustainable Tower Project'

Joseph Brodsky Memorial Fellow Dmitry Kaminker’s "Rome Sustainable Tower Project" will be on display at the American Academy in Rome Gallery for one day only on Wednesday, 29 February 2012. Kaminker arrived at the AAR in September 2011 from St. Petersburg and over the course of his three-month fellowship created an arresting 12-foot-high tour de force of narrative whimsy and political commentary inspired by the symbols and monuments of the Eternal City, undergirded by references to Mother Russia and spurred to new heights by Rome Prize Fellows’ contributions. His towering cardboard tableau features mythological subjects vivified in high relief, placed in anachronistic settings and imbued with playful irreverence -- from the prostrate business man suckling on the She Wolf to the bullhorn-wielding charioteer labelled “The Unknown Organizer.” It’s an ingenious iconographic mash-up shaped by a mordant wit and an X-Acto blade and held together with a decoupage of odes, musical scores and masking tape.

Read more about Dmitry Kaminker and his "RSTP" here.

Rome Sustainable Tower Project
at American Academy in Rome
One Day Only: Wednesday, 29 February 2012
AAR Gallery hours: 12:00pm - 8:00pm, free admission

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