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SUMMARY:2022 IAS/Kress Lecture in Italy\, Cortona
DESCRIPTION:Leonardo da Vinci\, A Map of the Valdichiana\, c. 1503-06\, 
 Royal Collection Trust RCIN 912278\n\n\n\nFrancesca Fiorani\, University
  of Virginia\n\n\n\nLeonardo da Vinci and Cortona: Wetlands\, Mapping\, 
 and the Art of Painting in Renaissance Italy\n\n\n\nIn the early sixteen
 th century Leonardo da Vinci made a spectacular map of the Tuscan countr
 yside that features Cortona prominently—just a bit off center\, toward
 s the right. Far from casual\, Cortona’s position offers insights on t
 he ecclesiastical and political context of Leonardo’s map.\n\n\n\nThe 
 lecture starts with an examination of the map’s visual language in the
  context of Renaissance geography. Then it reconsiders the map’s scope
 \, which is traditionally related to Cesare Borgia’s military campaign
 s or a never-realized project to drain the valley’s malarian marshes. 
 But taking into account Cortona’s prominent position within the map\, 
 the lecture addresses also the role Cortona’s bishopric played in the 
 power struggle between Rome and Florence. The lecture concludes with a n
 ew evaluation of wetlands—including those around Cortona— within Leo
 nardo’s art theory. Even though military campaigns\, draining projects
 \, or even power struggles between may have been at the origin of Leonar
 do’s map\, it was the wetland landscape itself that stayed with artist
  for years to come and that came to play a foundational role in his art 
 and thought.\n\n\n\nFrancesca Fiorani&nbsp\;is a professor of art histor
 y at the University of Virginia. An expert on Renaissance art and the ap
 plication of computer technology to the humanities\, she designed the&nb
 sp\;digital platform Leonardo da Vinci and His Treatise on Painting. She
  is the author of&nbsp\;The Marvel of Maps: Art\, Cartography\, and Poli
 tics in Renaissance Italy (Yale UP\, 2005) and The Shadow Drawing: How S
 cience Taught Leonardo How to Paint (New York\, 2020\; paperback May 202
 2).\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFor more information about the lecture location\, cli
 ck here. Please note that FFP2 masks are required for all attendees.\n\n
 \n\nThe 2022 IAS/Kress Lecture will also be streamable on Zoom for those
  members who are unable to attend in-person in Cortona! The lecture begi
 ns at 4pm (IT)\, and the Zoom link will open at 3:30pm (IT). To access t
 he lecture\, click here\, or go to Zoom directly and enter the meeting i
 nformation: Meeting ID 814 6550 6771\, Passcode 788039\n\n\n\nTo apply f
 or an ESC travel grant to attend this lecture\, click here.\n\n\n\nFor a
  list of site visits/percorsi suggested by Jennifer Griffiths\, click he
 re.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLastly\, a special thank you to Katherine T. Brown\, 
 our Chair of Membership\, for all of her work in organizing this event a
 nd making it possible!
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LOCATION:Cortona\, Italy. Centro Convegni S. Agostino\, Sala d'Assedio
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