The “Majesty” of Power in Seventeenth-Century Italy: Ritual, Representation, Art

Friday, November 16

Please note there is no morning session on Friday, November 16

1:30 P.M.

Welcoming Remarks
Peter H. Reill, UCLA

Geoffrey Symcox, UCLA
Introductory Remarks

Session 1: The Power in Space

Andrew Hopkins, Università degli Studi de l’Aquila
Stately Spaces: “Seicento” Ceremonial for the “Serenissima”

Diane Bodart, Université de Poitiers / Harvard University – Villa I Tatti
Royal Statues in the Kingdoms of Naples and Sicily

Geoffrey Symcox, UCLA
The Changing Face of the Prince: Public Ceremonies in Seventeenth-Century Turin

5:00 P.M.

Saturday, November 17th

9:30 A.M

10:00 A.M.

Session 2: Ritual and Competition

Matteo Casini, Suffolk University
The Baroque Rites of the Medici

Thomas Dandelet, University of California, Berkeley
Spanish Ritual in Seventeenth-Century Rome

Pablo Vázquez Gestal, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Being a “King” in a Competitive Society: Viceroyal Ceremonies in Seventeenth-Century Spanish Naples

1:00 P.M.

2:00 P.M.

Session 3: Searching Identities

George L. Gorse, Pomona College
A Republic Becomes a Monarchy: Genoa and the Virgin Mary in 1637

James G. Harper, University of Oregon
Magnificence & Responsibility: Famiano Strada, Ludovico Ludovisi and the Church of Sant’Ignazio in Rome

Alice Jarrard, Harvard Graduate School of Design
Between Document and “Idea d’un principe Eroe”: Printmaking and Princely Image at the Este Court in Modena

Matteo Casini, Suffolk University
Closing Remarks