Sessions Sponsored by the Italian Art Society
Session Title: Media Papalis: New Approaches to Early Modern Papal Patronage
Hyatt Regency, Minneapolis, Boundary Waters B Room. October 28, 8:30-11:00am
Organizer: Joanne Allen, American University
Chair and Respondent: Tiffany Hunt, Catholic University of
America
Speakers/Papers:
Joanne Allen, American University, Ceremony, Splendor, and Identity: Furnishing Sixtus IV’s Choir Chapel in Old St Peter’s
Konstantinos Gravanis, Independent Scholar, Safe Delivery and Theft on the Road of Gold-and-Silk: The Lost Tapestry of Leo X for the Sistine Chapel
Livia Lupi, University of Warwick, Papal Patronage and the Reinvention of Architecture