Raphael Conference, April 9-10, 2021
April 6, 2020 marked the quincentenary of the death of Raphael, one of the most brilliant and consequential artists in the western tradition. He was praised during his lifetime as “Prince of Painters” (pictorum princeps), a characterization that long served to obscure his artistic achievements in other modes. More recently, new understandings of Raphael have begun to take form, as a designer and impresario in many media, and a master collaborator.
This conference brings together established and emerging scholars to assess current approaches to Raphael’s astonishingly innovative, diverse, and influential body of work, to present new research, and to chart directions for further study. Expanding upon established lines of inquiry, the program reflects new approaches to the quintessential old master.
Visit the conference webpage for program and abstracts.
Friday 9 April
I Raphael at Work (9:30-11:15 EDT)
II Raphael and Women (12:00-13:30 EDT)
III Raphael as Antiquarian, Architect, and Urbanist (14:00-15:45 EDT)
Saturday 10 April
IV Since the Princeton Raphael Symposium of 1983: Quo vadis? (10:00-11:30 EDT)
V Raphael across the Media (12:00-13:30 EDT)
VI Keynote: Sir Nicholas Penny, Canonization and its Consequences (14:00-14:45 EDT)
