Events
November 8, 2011
Louise Rice lecture: Fascination with magnetism attracts poetry and art
Rice's most recent work focuses on 17th-century Roman prints and print culture.
Louise Rice presents "Magnetic Baroque: The Art and Science of Attraction in 17th-Century Rome" on Nov. 17 at 6 p.m. in the Carlos Reception Hall. The free lecture is sponsored by the Art History Endowed Lectureship and the Michael C. Carlos Museum.
Rice, associate professor of art history at New York University, is a specialist in the art and architecture of Baroque Rome. Her publications include "The Altars and Altarpieces of New St Peter's: Outfitting the basilica, 1621-1666" (Cambridge University Press, 1997), "Specchio di Roma barocca" (co-authored with Joseph Connors, Edizioni dell'Elefante, 1991).
Her most recent work focuses on 17th-century Roman prints and print culture. She is writing a history of the thesis print, a uniquely Baroque genre remarkable for the novelty, variety and virtuosity of its visual language.
In her lecture, Rice will present aspects of her current research. Taking as her theme the Baroque fascination with the phenomenon of magnetism, she will trace the diverse ways this most mysterious of natural forces was given poetic expression in works of art commissioned by aristocratic students at Rome's most prestigious school, the Collegio Romano.
For details, visit arts.emory.edu.
