William Franke, The Apotheosis of Self-Reflection: Dante and the Inauguration of the Modern Era
William Franke, The Apotheosis of Self-Reflection: Dante and the Inauguration of the Modern EraSaturday, February 27, 20161:30 to 3 pmRuggles HallWilliam Franke, Vanderbilt UniversityPlease register by 10 am Friday, February 26, 2016CENTER FOR RENAISSANCE STUDIES PROGRAMSDANTE LECTURE Philosophers typically attribute the foundation of modern thought to René Descartes, who in his Discours de la méthode […]
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Mimmo Paladino: Present into Past
Mimmo Paladino Member OpeningFebruary 25, 2016 6:00 pm – 8:00 pmItalian sculptor, painter and graphic artist Mimmo Palladino is among the innovative artists responsible for the revival of figurative art at the end of the 20th century. He is a central figure of the Transavantgardia movement that flourished in the 1980s and 1990s, which sought […]
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Screening of the film “Flying Lessons” (2007, 106 min), directed by Francesca Archibugi
in Italian with English subtitles Pollo (Miglio Risi) and Curry (Tom Angel Kurumathy), inseparable 18 year-old friends, have both failed their last year of high school. Curry was adopted as a baby from India and guilt trips his family into letting him take a much-dreamed-of trip to his birthplace with his best friend, who comes […]
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Dr. Alberto Cauli, presents “Sa Sartiglia”, a lecture on the medieval equestrian tournament
Historian and researcher at the University of Auckland, Dr. Alberto Cauli, will present a lecture on “Sa Sartiglia,” a medieval equestrian tournament, which takes place every year in Oristano (Sardinia, Italy) on the last Sunday and Tuesday of Carnival A Medieval equestrian tournament called “Sa Sartiglia” takes place every year in Oristano (Sardinia, Italy) on […]
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Preserving the Spell: Basile’s The Tale of Tales and Its Afterlife in the Fairy-tale tradition
presented by Prof. Armando Maggi (University of Chicago Press, 2015) Preserving the Spell: Basile’s The Tale of Tales and Its Afterlife in the Fairy-tale tradition(University of Chicago Press, 2015) by Prof. Armando Maggi Thursday, February 11th at 6pm at the Italian Cultural Institute Preserving the Spell: Basile’s The Tale of Tales and Its Afterlife in the […]
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Screening of the film “Question of the heart” (2009, 100 min), directed by Francesca Archibugi
in Italian with English subtitles Alberto, a successful screenwriter, and Angelo, a young mechanic, both suffer a heart attack and are taken on the same night to the same hospital. The two men are hospitalized in the same intensive care unit, and despite the gravity of their situation they manage to keep the spirits high […]
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Italian composer Alessandro Bosetti presents the U.S. premiere of Plane/Taléa
ALESSANDRO BOSETTIFEB 67PMPoetry Foundation61 W Superior StreetChicago, Illinois 60654FREE / NO RSVP(312) 787-7070 Italian composer Alessandro Bosetti presents the U.S. premiere of Plane/Taléa, an immersive, four-channel electronic sound work stemming from his interest in vocal and polyphonic music. In this special concert, performers wear headphones and respond to spoken instructions from the artist. These instructions […]
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GALILEO, THE POPE, A CARDINAL: A ROMAN TRIANGLE
Galileo, Pope Paul V, and Card. Bellarmine/Galileo, Pope John Paul II, and Card. Poupard Mons. Melchor Sánchez de Tocay Alameda – Undersecretary of the Pontifical Council for Culture (Vatican) GALILEO, THE POPE, A CARDINAL: A ROMAN TRIANGLEGalileo, Pope Paul V, and Card. Bellarmine/Galileo, Pope John Paul II, and Card. PoupardMons. MelchorSánchez de Tocay AlamedaUndersecretary of […]
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Galileo and the Vatican
presented by Mons. Melchor Sánchez de Tocay Alameda, Undersecretary of the Pontifical Council for Culture (Vatican) The Galileo Affair seems like a soap-opera: long, tedious and repetitive. The pontifical commission created by John Paul II in 1981 to study the Galileo Affair, seems also to be affected by the same syndrome. In this paper the […]
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Leonardo da Vinci and his Greatest Artistic Masterpieces
Leonardo da Vinci and his Greatest Artistic MasterpiecesJoin us for the Final lecture on Leonardo da Vinci by Daniele Macuglia, University of Chicago Some of Leonardo’s paintings have become acclaimed icons of the worldwide artistic arena. In this lecture we will focus on three specific masterpieces: Lady with an Ermine (c. 1489-1490), The Last Supper […]
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