Co-Organized by Selena Anders and Jennifer Parker
Supported by: Kress Foundation, University of Notre Dame, School of Architecture and Hesburgh Libraries
This conference brings together international scholars to discuss the variety of ways that drawings and guides to Rome have shaped our understanding and visualization of the Eternal City over time. The essays presented at this conference examine the evolution of guides to Rome from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century, their importance in library collections, the use of these texts in creating new architectural drawings, and their role in the contemporary digital documentation of such a complex and layered urban environment.
Speakers
Sebastian Hierl, Drue Heinz Librarian and Head of Collections, American Academy in Rome
Jennifer Parker, Architecture Librarian, Hesburgh Libraries, University of Notre Dame
Peter Hicks, Head of International Affairs, Fondation Napoléon
Joseph Connors, Michael C. Duda Visiting Professor, School of Architecture, University of Notre Dame
Selena Anders, Assistant Professor, School of Architecture, University of Notre Dame
Julia Siemon, Director of Exhibitions and Chief Curator, Bard Graduate Center
Nicola Camerlenghi, Associate Professor, Department of Art History, Dartmouth College
Conference Schedule
9:00 Introduction, Selena Anders
9.10 From Pilgrims to Tourists: Five Centuries of Rome in Print. The Collection of Guides to Rome at the Arthur & Janet C. Ross Library, Sebastian Hierl
9:30 Rome by the Book: Building Research Collections to Enhance the Study of Roman Architecture & Urbanism, Jennifer Parker
10:10 Coffee break
10:30 Palladio’s Rome, Peter Hicks
11:30 Specchio di Roma barocca. Una guida inedita del XVII secolo. Insieme alle vedute di Lievin, Joseph Connors
12:30-1:15 Lunch
1.20 Introduction, Jennifer Parker
1:30 Disegnare, Dimostrare, Inventare: Learning (from) Architecture in Eighteenth-Century Rome, Julia Siemon
2:30 Eight Days in Rome with Giuseppe Vasi, Selena Anders
3:30 coffee break
4:00 Remastering the Master: The Forma Urbis Romae, 2.0, Nicola Camerlenghi
Zoom
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