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SUMMARY:2013 IAS/Kress Lecture in Italy\, Rome
DESCRIPTION:[envira-gallery id='5316']\n\n\n\nThe fourth annual IAS/Kres
 s Italian Lecture Series was hosted on Tuesday\, May 28 at the&nbsp\;Fon
 dazione Marco Besso\,&nbsp\;Largo di Torre Argentina #11\,&nbsp\;followe
 d by a reception for all attendees.\n\n\n\nOn January 14\, 1506\, a disc
 overy shook the artistic and antiquarian worlds of Italy. After decades 
 of digging up unidentifiable fragments\, a major over-life-size statue g
 roup was unearthed in Rome that was both almost complete and autographed
 . The subject matter\, Laocoőn and his two sons entangled by murderous 
 sea serpents\, was unusual enough to be readily recognized as the doomed
  Trojans Virgil had described (Aeneid 2.201-27). Furthermore\, the marbl
 e was inscribed with the names of the collaborators\, Hagesandros\, Poly
 dorus and Athenodorus. The sculpture’s subject and signatures allowed 
 it to be readily matched to the Roman Pliny the Elder’s lengthy laudat
 ory description in his&nbsp\;Natural History&nbsp\;(c. 77 AD).&nbsp\;If 
 Pliny’s notice confirmed the sculpture was the&nbsp\;Laocoön\, then i
 ts discovery had the reciprocal effect of corroborating Pliny’s accura
 cy and reliability. As this paper will show\, the&nbsp\;Natural History&
 nbsp\;solidified its status as a favorite reference source throughout th
 e sixteenth century. The demonstrated unimpeachable nature of Pliny’s 
 testimony influenced period developments in both Italian art and theory.
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LOCATION:Rome\, Italy
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