Date/Time
Date(s) - 16 Apr 2015
6:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Location
Institute of Fine Arts, NYU
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New York Renaissance Consortium
Paul Hills
Professor Emeritus, The Courtauld Institute of Art, London
Clothing the Word: Filippo Lippi, Donatello and Bellini
Thursday, April 16, 2015, 6:00 PM
The Institute of Fine Arts Conservation Center Lecture Hall
14 East 78th Street
New York City
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About the event:
This lecture explores parallels between the wrapping or clothing of sacred bodies and sacred books: the Word made flesh and the Word as text. In the fifteenth-century mundane fashion leads to a revision of ancient metaphors of body and garment, soul and body. Veils and drapery now constitute a more personal dwelling place for both images and bodies. The performative skills with which Filippo Lippi, Donatello and Giovanni Bellini negotiate clothing their images reveal significantly different attitudes to iconic tradition in Florence and Venice.