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The Art market in Italy (15th-17th CENTURIES)
An Interdisciplinary Conference Hosted By:
Syracuse University in Florence
Georgetown University at Villa le Balze
Ministero per i Beni Culturali
Florence, Italy: 19th-20th-21st June 2000
Monday, June 19, 2000
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY, Piazza Savonarola 15, Firenze
9:30
General Welcome: Antonio PAOLUCCI (Soprintendenza per i Beni Artistici e Storici di Firenze e Pistoia)
Opening Remarks: Gary RADKE (Syracuse University)
Session 1 - CONSUMPTION & DEMAND
Chair: Sara MATTHEWS GRIECO (European University Institute & Syracuse University, Florence)
- Introduction: Suzanne BUTTERS (University of Manchester)
What Did the Word 'Art' Mean for Artists and Patrons in Late Sixteenth-Century Rome and Florence?
- Caroline MURPHY (University of California at Riverside)
The Market for Pictures in Post-Tridentine Bologna
11:00 Coffee Break
- Marta AJMAR (Victoria and Albert Museum)
When Crockery met Humanism: Maiolica, Morality and the Renaissance Domestic Interior
- Eckhard LEUSCHNER ( Universität Passau)
Censorship and the Market. Antonio Tempesta's "New" Subjects in the Context of Roman Printmaking ca. 1600
- Margaret HAINES (The Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies at Villa I Tatti)
The Market for Public Sculpture in Renaissance Florence
13:00 Luncheon Break
15:00 Session 2 - PRODUCTION
Chair: Laura CORTI (Istituto Universitario di Architettura di Venezia & Villa I Tatti)
- Julia DELANCEY (Truman State University)
Dragonsblood and Ultramarine: The Dealer in Artist's pigments in Florence
- Susanne KUBERSKY-PIREDDA (Kunsthistorisches Institut Florenz)
Il mercato dei quadri devozionali provenienti dalle botteghe fiorentine durante il Quattrocento: produzione, prezzi, commercio
- Arne FLATEN (Indiana University)
Portrait Medals and Assembly-Line Art in Late Quattrocento Florence
16:30 Coffee Break
- Rita COMANDUCCI (New York University at Villa La Pietra)
Produzione seriale e mercato dell'arte: Firenze 1450-1563
- Catherine TURRILL (University of California at Sacramento)
Parenti, clienti e conoscenti: The Nun-Artisans of Santa Caterina da Siena and their Clients
Tuesday, June 20, 2000
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY, Villa le Balze, Via Vecchia Fiesolana 26, Fiesole
9:30
Welcome: Alessandro PESCI (Sindaco di Fiesole)
Session 3 - PRICES
Chair: Gianni VENTURI (Istituto di Studi Rinascimentali di Ferrara)
- Andrew BLUME (Harvard University)
Botticelli and the Cost and Value of Altarpieces in Late Fifteenth-Century Florence
- Michelle O'MALLEY (University of Sussex)
Commissioning Bodies, Fee Negotiations and Price Structures for Altarpieces in 15th and Early 16th Century Italy
10:30 Coffee Break
- Deborah KROHN (University of Maryland)
Taking Stock: Evaluation of Works of Art in Renaissance Italy
- Pierre GÉRIN-JEAN (Université de Paris IV - Sorbonne)
Prices of Works of Art and Hierarchy of Artistic Value on the Italian Market (1400-1700)
- Rab HATFIELD (Syracuse University, Florence)
The High End: Michelangelo's Income
12:30 Luncheon Break
14:30 Session 4 - ENTREPRENEURS & MARKET STRATEGIES
Chair: Marcello FANTONI (Georgetown University at Villa le Balze)
- Megan HOLMES (Florida State University, Florence)
Neri di Bicci and the Commodification of Artistic Values in Florentine Painting (1450-1500)
- Alison WRIGHT (University College London)
Between the Patron and the Market: Production Strategies in the Pollaiuolo Workshop
- Robert LA FRANCE (New York University)
Bachiacca's Formula for Success
16:00 Coffee Break
- Louisa MATTHEW (Union College)
Was There an Open Market for Pictures in Renaissance Venice?
- Christopher MARSHALL (University of Melbourne)
Appagare il pubblico: the Marketing Strategies of Luca Giordano
- Paul GEHL (Newberry Library) & Kevin STEVENS (University of Nevada)
The Eye of Commerce: Visual Literacy Among the Makers of Illustrated Books in Italy
Wednesday, June 21, 2000
PALAZZO MEDICI RICCARDI, Via Cavour 1, Florence
9:30
Welcome: Elisabetta DEL LUNGO (Assessorato alla Cultura della Provincia di Firenze)
Session 5 - THE "SECONDARY" MARKET
Chair: Cristina ACIDINI LUCHINAT (Ministero per i Beni Culturali)
- Jacqueline MUSACCHIO ( Trinity University at San Antonio)
The Medici Sale of 1495 and the Second-Hand Market for Domestic Art in Florence
- Evelyn WELCH (University of Sussex)
From Retail to Resale: the Second-Hand Market in Renaissance Italy
10:30 Coffee Break
- Patricia ALLERSTON (University of Edinburgh)
The Second-Hand Trade in the Arts in Early Modern Italy
- Loredana LORIZZO (Università "La Sapienza", Roma)
Il mercato dell'arte a Roma nel XVII° secolo: 'pittori bottegari' e 'rivenditori di quadri' nei documenti dell'Archivio Storico dell'Accademia di San Luca
- Linda BOREAN (Università degli Studi di Udine)
Appunti sul mercato artistico a Venezia nel Seicento. La vendita della galleria del procuratore di San Marco Giacomo Correr
12:30 Luncheon Break
14:30 Session 6 - DEALERS & INTERMEDIARIES
Chair: Julian KLIEMANN (Bibliotheca Hertziana - Max Planck Institut)
- Martha McCRORY (Fashion Institute of Technology)
The Dukes and Their Dealers: The Formation of the Medici Grand-ducal Collections of the Sixteenth Century
- Adelina MODESTI (Monash University)
Patrons as Agents and Artists as Dealers in Seicento Bologna
- Isabella CECCHINI (Università Ca'Foscari, Venezia)
Le figure del commercio: il mercato artistico Veneziano nel XVII° secolo
16:00 Coffee Break
- Michael ROHLMANN (Bibliotheca Hertziana - Max Planck Institut)
Art from Abroad: Early Netherlandish Painting in Renaissance Florence
- Mickael SZANTO (European University Institute)
I cammini delle pitture dall'Italia alla Francia nel primo seicento: dalle vie diplomatiche ai circuiti bancari
Round Table:
- John BREWER (University of Chicago)
- Marco CHIARINI (Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti)
- Richard GOLDTHWAITE (The Johns Hopkins University)
- Dennis ROMANO (Syracuse University)
SPONSORS
- Assessorato alla Cultura della Provincia di Firenze
- Georgetown University:
- Center for Italian Cultural Studies
- School for Summer & Continuing Education
- Gucci
- Samuel H. Kress Foundation
- Syracuse University:
- College of Arts and Sciences
- Department of History
- Division of International Programs Abroad
- Villa I Tatti The Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies:
Lila Wallace - Reader's Digest Special Project Grant
PARTICIPATING INSTITUTIONS
· Istituto di Studi Rinascimentali di Ferrara
· Ministero per i Beni Culturali
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
· Cristina ACIDINI LUCHINAT
· Marcello FANTONI
· Richard GOLDTHWAITE
· Louisa MATTHEW
· Sara MATTHEWS-GRIECO
ORGANISING COMMITTEE
· Camille CRITES
· Heidi FLORES
· Alick MCLEAN
· Katherine MAGOVERN
· Friederun OELLERS
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
· Alexandra KOREY
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