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Professor Caroline van Eck (Department of History of Art, University of Cambridge)
Tuesday 14 November 2017, 17:45-19:15
Piranesi in the Valley of the Uncanny
- đ¤ Speaker: Professor Caroline van Eck (Department of History of Art, University of Cambridge)
- đ Date & Time: Tuesday 14 November 2017, 17:45 - 19:15
- đ Venue: Gatsby Room, Wolfson College
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Dr Rachel E. Holmes
Abstract
Piranesi’s colossal candelabra were made in the 1770s from fragments found near Hadrian’s Villa near Tivoli. Some of them were sold for staggering sums to British collectors, but they have known abrupt reversals in appreciation, and even now are among the least studied of his works. In my talk I will address a prominent, but equally under-researched feature of them: their lifelike, if not animated appearance, and will consider this both from the perspective of ancient lamp-lore and modern psychology.
Series This talk is part of the Wolfson College Humanities Society talks series.
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