This workshop brings together scholars of history, literature, art history, and music working on different aspects of gender and culture in eighteenth-century Italy. Until recently, Italy’s eighteenth century has played a marginal role in general accounts of eighteenth-century Europe. Scholarship often situates Italy on the periphery of the Enlightenment; accordingly, its political and cultural developments tend to be seen, when they are described at all, as responsive to developments in such countries as England and France rather than worth studying for their own sake. Italian scholarship on the eighteenth century has taken a different view, but very little of this work, to date, is accessible to English-speaking readers. Recent work on eighteenth-century Italy by scholars working in different disciplines in Europe and North America not only suggests that Italy is an interesting place from which to view cultural developments in the eighteenth century, but also highlights the importance of gender in understanding Italian art, literature, music, and science. It situates, as well, our understanding of Italy in light of its prominent role in the Grand Tour. Both foreign perceptions of Italy and regular contact with foreigners shaped this world. In an era in which Italy could no longer claim to be the most “modern” of regions, as it had during the Renaissance, it nonetheless continued to be an important point of reference for European thought and culture. This workshop will consider ways in which Italian culture reflected the relations between Italy and other regions of Europe.

Friday, April 19, 2002
at the Getty Center, Museum Lecture Hall

9:30 a.m. • coffee

10:00 a.m.

Gail Feigenbaum, Associate Director of Programs, Getty Research Institute
Welcome

Paula Findlen, Stanford University
Introduction

Session 1 • Men, Women, and Art
Chaired by Louis Marchesano, Getty Research Institute

Christopher M. S. Johns, University of Virginia
Gender and Genre in the Religious Art of the Catholic Enlightenment

Chloe Chard, Scholar in Residence, Getty Research Institute
Sightseeing, Viewing, and Gender

Wendy Wassyng Roworth, University of Rhode Island
“The Residence of the Arts”: Angelica Kauffman’s Place in Rome

12:30 p.m. • lunch

1:30 p.m.

Thomas Crow, Director, Getty Research Institute
Director’s Welcome

Session 2 • Gender, Knowledge, and Public Life
Chaired by Geoffrey Symcox, UCLA

Catherine M. Sama, University of Rhode Island
Negotiating Gendered Boundaries in the Lagoon City: The Strategies of Rosalba Carriera, Luisa Bergalli Gozzi, and Elisabetta Caminer Turra

Marta Cavazza, Università di Bologna
Between Modesty and Spectacle: Women and Science in Eighteenth-Century Italy

Rebecca Messbarger, Washington University
Body of Evidence: Reconstructing the Life-Work of Anatomist Anna Morandi Manzolini

4:00 p.m. • Concluding Discussion
Moderated by Carole Paul, University of California, Santa Barbara

5:00 p.m. • reception

Saturday, April 20, 2002
at the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library

9:30 a.m. • coffee

10:00 a.m. Peter H. Reill, Director, Center for 17th- & 18th-Century Studies and Clark Library Director’s Welcome

Session 3 • Music and Sexuality
Chaired by Peter H. Reill, UCLA

Martha Feldman, University of Chicago
Strange Births and Surprising Kin: The Castrato’s Tale

Roger Freitas, Eastman School of Music
Sex without Sex: An Erotic Image of the Castrato Singer

12:00 noon • lunch

1:00 p.m. Session 4 • Women and Cultural Institutions
Chaired by Massimo Ciavolella, UCLA

Elisabetta Graziosi, Università di Bologna
Donne e Accademia: Ruoli e Presenze

Paola Giuli, Saint Joseph’s University
Women Poets in Arcadia: Gender, Culture, and Literary Values in Eighteenth-Century Rome

Susan Dalton, Université de Montréal
Sensibility and Intellectual Culture in Eighteenth-Century Venice

3:30 p.m. • Concluding Discussion
Moderated by Paula Findlen, Stanford University

Seating is limited at both locations, and advance registration is required. To register, please print out and complete the form provided below and mail with your check to the Center address. With inquiries, contact the Center for 17th- & 18th-Century Studies. 310-206-8552 •

Conference locations & parking:

Friday: The Getty Center, Museum Lecture Hall
1200 Getty Center Drive, off the San Diego Freeway (405), Getty Center Drive exit.

Parking: reserved for registrants at no charge.

Saturday: The Clark Library, 2520 Cimarron Street,
in the West Adams district, one block east of Arlington Avenue,
two blocks south of the Santa Monica Freeway.

Parking: ample free parking on the grounds.

For additional information, contact the Center for 17th- & 18th- Century Studies • 310-206-8552 •

Registration deadline: April 12, 2002.
Space at both locations is limited and registration will close when capacity is reached.

Fees:
Friday’s sessions at the Getty Center: Free of charge.
The Getty Research Institute will host a reception. Lunch will not be served; the Getty Center offers a rich choice of indoor and outdoor cafes, a restaurant, and a picnic area .

Saturday’s sessions at the Clark Library:
UC faculty & staff: $10; students with id: no charge; others: $20. Fees cover the cost of lunch and refreshments at the Clark.

Conference papers will be posted to this site about two weeks before the conference, as they are received, and will remain accessible for two weeks following the event. Hard copies will be sent to registrants who indicate they do not have access to the Internet.

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