Art, ‘L’enigma Caravaggio’: international conference in January

We return to talk about Caravaggio, one of the greats of Italian painting, 450 years after his birth and 70 from the famous exhibition curated by Roberto Longhi at Palazzo Reale in Milan. The occasion is the mega international convention, to be held in January next year, divided into five days between the 12th and 28th of the month, entitled “L’Enigma Caravaggio, 1951 – 2021. Comparing new studies”. The event – which will take place entirely on the web – is among the most significant of the many held on the figure and life of the Lombard genius, both for the presence of some of Caravaggio’s best-known experts, and for the topics discussed by 40 speakers. The conference is curated by Rodolfo Papa – professor of History of Aesthetic Theories at the Higher Institute of Religious Sciences of Sant’Apollinare, as well as president of the Urban Academy of Arts – scientific coordinator of the event, and by Sergio Rossi, former professor of History of Art at La Sapienza in Rome. Among the topics discussed there are “important issues, capable of opening up new research paths, as well as delving into issues already debated about Caravaggio’s working method – he tells a preview at Adnkronos – Pietro di Loreto, director of the online magazine About Art and animator of the meeting – The first day, January 12, will be dedicated to the theme ‘Caravaggio and the Faith’, followed by ‘Caravaggio and the Mediterranean’ on January 19, while January 21 will continues with ‘Cultura e Committenza’; then it will be the turn of ‘Artisti al tempo di Caravaggio on 26 January, to close with’ Different itineraries’ on 28 January. (continued) Some of the pictorial ‘mysteries’ of the beloved painter “Among the members of the Honorary Committee are Barbara Jatta, current director of the Vatican Museums, Claudio Strinati, former Superintendent of Rome, Sybille Ebert Schifferer, emeritus director of the Bibliotheca Hertziana, Silvia Danesi Squarzina, emeritus professor of the University La Sapienza of Rome. And then prominent personalities such as Rossella Vodret, Alessandro Zuccari, Stefania Macioce, Marco Bussagli, among the members of the Scientific Committee “. This is an articulated path. “I believe that the speakers will bring arguments of great scientific importance, shedding light on some of the many dark sides that still characterize the artistic and biographical story of the Lombard painter, often a source of contrasts between the scholars themselves. I am pleased to finally underline how, between Caravaggio’s experts, there are also very prepared young people, able to bring significant knowledge that will give even more importance to the event “. About Art will follow the entire event? “Among our collaborators there are numerous speakers at the conference, a fact that has allowed us to reach a wide range of readers, from Europe to the United States, to Asia and Latin America. Thanks to this attention we have also realized a paper issue, the first About Art Notebook entitled ‘The Caravaggio Archive’ in honor of the 80th birthday of Don Sandro Corradini, the most prepared archival scholar and discoverer of numerous documents relating to the painter “. (by Rossella Guadagnini)