THE COURSE OF EMPIRES: AMERICAN-ITALIAN CULTURAL RELATIONS, 1770-1980

 

October 20, 2017

This Friday October 20th, during open hours, CIMA will also be live-streaming THE COURSE OF EMPIRES: AMERICAN-ITALIAN CULTURAL RELATIONS, 1770-1980, taking place at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, DC. Sponsored by the Terra Foundation for American Art, this international conference examines the persistent fascination of American and Italian artists with the cultural achievements of ancient Rome and the Renaissance. Registration for CIMA Open Hours includes admission to the screening.

 

For Full Schedule of Speakers:

 

2:30 p.m.
Sergio Cortesini, Assistant Professor of Art History, Università di Pisa, “The Myth of the Italian Renaissance in New Deal Murals”

3:00 p.m.
Peter Benson Miller, Andrew Heiskell Arts Director, American Academy in Rome, “Painting in the Contact Zone: American Artists in Postwar Rome”

3:30 p.m.
Marin R. Sullivan, Assistant Professor of Art History, Keene State College, and George Gurney Postdoctoral Fellow, Smithsonian American Art Museum, “Sculpture in the (Ancient) City: Calder, Smith, and Smithson in Italy”

4:30 p.m.
Raffaele Bedarida, Assistant Professor of Art History, Cooper Union, “Eterna Primavera: When Hollywood Fell in Love with Modern Italian Art, 1954-1960”

5:00 p.m.
Erika Doss, Professor of American Studies, University of Notre Dame, “Death, Decay, and Ruination: Paul Thek’s Technological Reliquaries and the Muses of Italy”

5:30 p.m., Question and Answer Session
Moderator: Paul Kaplan, Professor of Art History, Purchase College, SUNY