Sep 16, 2024 / 12:22PM
Wednesday, October 2 – 5:30 p.m.
Marvin Trachtenberg, Authorship of the Pazzi Chapel: reading/misreading the early texts.
This conference is dedicated to the Pazzi Chapel, an architectural masterpiece of the Renaissance located in the first cloister of the monumental complex of Santa Croce. During the conference, architectural historian Marvin Trachtenberg, Edith Kitzmiller Professor Emeritus of the History of Fine Arts, The Institute of Fine Arts of New York University will present some passages from his study, published by Electa in 2024, Cappella Pazzi. Brunelleschi il mito, Michelozzo l’autore.
The conference will be followed by a discussion with Claudia Conforti, Professor of History of Architecture, School of Engineering, Roma Tor Vergata; Francesco Dal Co, Architectural Historian; and Alina Payne, Paul E. Geier Director of Villa I Tatti.
This is the second appointment of the series of meetings Culture, Architects, City promoted by the Opera di Santa Croce in collaboration with Casabella. For further information visit the website.
Admission free, reservations recommended: www.santacroceopera.it. Translation from Italian into English. Information: eventi@santacroceopera.it