lecture on Body and Mind in Renaissance Art: Religious, Humanistic and Scientific Approaches
Friday, March 8, 2013
19:30
Monsignor Timothy Verdon
www.timothyverdon.com
Born in the United States (New Jersey, 1946), Verdon is an art historian formed at Yale University (Ph.D. 1975). He has lived in Italy for 47 years and since 1994 is a Roman Catholic priest in Florence, where he directs both the Diocesan Office of Sacred Art and Church Cultural Heritage and the Cathedral Foundation Museum (Museo dell’Opera di Santa Maria del Fiore). Author of books and articles on sacred art in Italian and English, he has been a Consultant to the Vatican Commission for Church Cultural Heritage and a Fellow of the Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies (Villa I Tatti), and currently teaches in the Florence Program of Stanford University. He writes regularly for the cultural page of the Osservatore Romano and in 2010 curated the exhibit "Christ. His Body, His Face in Art" at the Reggia di Venaria Reale at Turin. Monsignor Verdon is also Director of the Centre for Ecumenism of the Archdiocese of Florence. He lives in Florence, where he is a Canon of the Cathedral.
AD/PD Network event
Saturday, March 9, 2013
20:15
The AD/PD Network Event is designed to be an optional off-program evening where participants can network in a more social environment. The Event will take place in the Firenze Fiera (Conference Venue). Participation is subject to payment of a €55 reservation fee. To purchase a ticket, please click here.