Current Semester

Fall 2011 Lectures and Symposia

Light refreshments will follow all events

Arabella Natalini
Curating the Contemporary in Florence
Wednesday, October 5, 6:20 pm
Villa Rossa, Rm. 13

Marco Brizzi & Paola Ricco
Architectural Traces
Tuesday, October 18, 6:30 pm
Villa Rossa, Rm. 13

Giuseppe Mincolelli
Design for Humans
Wednesday, October 26, 6:30 pm
Villa Rossa, Rm. 13

John T. Spike
The Young Michelangelo
Wednesday, November 8, 6:20 pm
Villa Rossa, Rm. 13

Syracuse University Architecture Symposium in Florence
Speakers: Jorge Perea; Trevor Boddy
New Generations: Re-Coding Vancouver and Barcelona
Wednesday, November 16, 6:30 pm
Villa Rossa, Rm. 13

Richard Ingersoll and Swietlan N. Kraczyna
Cities in the Age of Catastrophe: The human response to disasters and an eyewitness account of the Florence Flood of 1966
Tuesday, November 29, 6:20 pm

Syracuse University in Florence Graduate Symposium
Tall Tails: Representing Animals in Italian Renaissance Art

Emily Theodora Ho
How to Paint a Dragon: Paolo Uccello and the Creation of Saint George’s Foe

Hannah Rebecca Hartsig
A Renaissance for Giraffes: Lorenzo de’ Medici’s Giraffe and its Representation in Art

Claire Elizabeth Bradley
Giulio Romano’s Sala dei Cavalli and the Tradition of Gonzaga Horse Portraiture

Meghan Leary Dillon
Cave of Curiosities: Art, Nature, and Amusement in the Grotta degli animali

Megan Rose Donovan
Natura Viva: The Zoological Illustrations of Jacopo Ligozzi

Suzanne Marietta Myers
The Sea Monsters of Piazza Annunziata: Pietro Tacca’s Fountains and the Zoological Prints of the Late Renaissance
Friday, December 2, 3:00pm
The Graduate Symposium is free and open to the public.

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