BEGIN:VCALENDAR METHOD:PUBLISH VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:-//NONSGML Sandhills Development\, LLC//NONSGML Sugar Calendar Fe eds v3.2.1//EN X-WR-CALNAME:2022 ºÚË¿¹ú²úÔÚÏß/Kress Lecture in Italy\, Cortona X-WR-CALDESC:ºÚË¿¹ú²úÔÚÏß X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Chicago BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:20220313T080000 TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Rome BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 DTSTART:20220327T010000 TZNAME:CEST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:2022 ºÚË¿¹ú²úÔÚÏß/Kress Lecture in Italy\, Cortona DESCRIPTION:Leonardo da Vinci\, A Map of the Valdichiana\, c. 1503-06\, Royal Collection Trust RCIN 912278\n\n\n\nFrancesca Fiorani\, University of Virginia\n\n\n\nLeonardo da Vinci and Cortona: Wetlands\, Mapping\, and the Art of Painting in Renaissance Italy\n\n\n\nIn the early sixteen th century Leonardo da Vinci made a spectacular map of the Tuscan countr yside that features Cortona prominently—just a bit off center\, toward s the right. Far from casual\, Cortona’s position offers insights on t he ecclesiastical and political context of Leonardo’s map.\n\n\n\nThe lecture starts with an examination of the map’s visual language in the context of Renaissance geography. Then it reconsiders the map’s scope \, which is traditionally related to Cesare Borgia’s military campaign s or a never-realized project to drain the valley’s malarian marshes. But taking into account Cortona’s prominent position within the map\, the lecture addresses also the role Cortona’s bishopric played in the power struggle between Rome and Florence. The lecture concludes with a n ew evaluation of wetlands—including those around Cortona— within Leo nardo’s art theory. Even though military campaigns\, draining projects \, or even power struggles between may have been at the origin of Leonar do’s map\, it was the wetland landscape itself that stayed with artist for years to come and that came to play a foundational role in his art and thought.\n\n\n\nFrancesca Fiorani \;is a professor of art histor y at the University of Virginia. An expert on Renaissance art and the ap plication of computer technology to the humanities\, she designed the&nb sp\;digital platform Leonardo da Vinci and His Treatise on Painting. She is the author of \;The Marvel of Maps: Art\, Cartography\, and Poli tics in Renaissance Italy (Yale UP\, 2005) and The Shadow Drawing: How S cience Taught Leonardo How to Paint (New York\, 2020\; paperback May 202 2).\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFor more information about the lecture location\, cli ck here. Please note that FFP2 masks are required for all attendees.\n\n \n\nThe 2022 ºÚË¿¹ú²úÔÚÏß/Kress Lecture will also be streamable on Zoom for those members who are unable to attend in-person in Cortona! The lecture begi ns at 4pm (IT)\, and the Zoom link will open at 3:30pm (IT). To access t he lecture\, click here\, or go to Zoom directly and enter the meeting i nformation: Meeting ID 814 6550 6771\, Passcode 788039\n\n\n\nTo apply f or an ESC travel grant to attend this lecture\, click here.\n\n\n\nFor a list of site visits/percorsi suggested by Jennifer Griffiths\, click he re.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLastly\, a special thank you to Katherine T. Brown\, our Chair of Membership\, for all of her work in organizing this event a nd making it possible! URL;VALUE=URI:/events/2022-ias-kress-le cture-in-italy-cortona/ UID:urn:uuid:fa6529e5-86a7-40ef-b0b4-46723fe1472a STATUS:CONFIRMED ORGANIZER: DTSTAMP:20240905T142209Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20220630T160000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20220630T160000 LOCATION:Cortona\, Italy. Centro Convegni S. Agostino\, Sala d'Assedio END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR