This talk takes the castle of Issogne (Valle d’Aosta, Italy) and itsÌýdistinctiveÌýmural decorations asÌýtheÌýlensÌýthrough whichÌýtoÌýlook at the arts in the Western Alps around 1500.ÌýBy focusing on the cultural hybridityÌýof theseÌýpainted cyclesÌýtheÌýaim is to explore alternative patternsÌýforÌýstudyingÌý³Ù³ó±ðÌý‘local’Ìýand the notion of ‘place’,Ìýwhile reframingÌýcenter-peripheryÌýnarrativesÌýwithinÌýthe EuropeanÌýcontextÌýandÌýtheirÌýhistoriography.Ìý
Stefano de Bosio isÌýLecturer in Art History at ³Ù³ó±ðÌýFreie UniversitätÌýBerlin–FUBiS. His research aims to contribute to a renewed spatial history of the arts in early modern Europe, in its material, technical,Ìýsymbolic, as well as theoretical and methodological dimensions. In recent years,ÌýStefano has beenÌýResearchÌýFellow atÌý³Ù³ó±ðÌýKunsthistorischesInstitutÌýin Florence,ÌýVilla I Tatti–ÌýThe Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies, and ³Ù³ó±ðÌýIKKM – International Research Institute for Media Philosophy at the Bauhaus University in Weimar. His bookÌýFrontiere.ÌýArte,Ìýluogo,Ìýidentità Ìýad Aosta e nelle Alpi Occidentali, was published this autumn by Officina Libraria.
Organised by Dr Scott Nethersole (The Courtauld) and Dr Guido Rebecchini (The Courtauld)Ìý