Renaissance Society of America Annual Meeting
08-10 April 2010
Venice, Fondazione Giorgio Cini
The cultural and artistic exchange between East and West during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance has been the topic of recent conferences and exhibitions (f.e. Venice and the Islamic World 828-1797, Paris & New York 2007, et al.). Even its architectural aspect has finally received due attention in Deborah Howard’s invaluable studies. However, the Quattrocento has received less attention than other periods, and architectural theory less attention than the built architecture. While the influence of Sinan’s mosques on Palladio’s Il Redentore f.e. has been recognized and analyzed, similar features in several illustrations of Filarete’s ideal city “Sforzinda” still are simply attributed to his individual, supposedly fantastic imagination. Venice as the host of the 2010 meeting of the Renaissance Society of America is the ideal place to discuss questions of eastern influence on the west, this section focusing on the architecture and architectural theory of the Quattrocento.
Please send abstract of no more than 150 words and curriculum vitae to Berthold Hub/ETH Zurich:
berthold.hub@gta.arch.ethz.ch
Deadline: 10 May 2009
Selected speakers must be member of the RSA at the time of the conference.