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THE DAPHNE MAYO LECTURE 2012 Good Citizenship: The World of the Venetian cittadino How were the ‘middle classes’ in Venice distinguished by rank, wealth, and taste? The cittadini of Venice are best-known to art historians through their patronage of the great citizens’ guilds or Scuole Grandi. But they also commissioned works of art and architecture in their own right. Often highly educated and prosperous, they proved to be ambitious clients for artists of the Venetian Renaissance. This lecture challenges the common perception that their tastes in art were less refined than those of the ruling nobility. Deborah Howard is Professor of Architectural History in the Faculty of Architecture and History of Art at the University of Cambridge. A graduate of Cambridge and of the Courtauld Institute of Art, she taught at University College London, Edinburgh University and the Courtauld Institute, before returning to Cambridge in 1992. She has held visiting appointments at Yale, Harvard, Princeton, Smith College, the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC, and the Villa I Tatti in Florence. Her principal research interests are the art and architecture of Venice and the Veneto; music and architecture in the Renaissance; and the relationship between Italy and the Eastern Mediterranean. In 2005 she established the Centre for Acoustic and Musical Experiments in Renaissance Architecture (CAMERA) in the Department of History of Art, University of Cambridge. She was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 2010. Her most recent books are Sound and Space in Renaissance Venice: Architecture, Music, Acoustics (Yale University Press, 2009, with Laura Moretti), and Venice Disputed: Marc’Antonio Barbaro and Venetian Architecture 1550- 1600 (Yale University Press, 2011).
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THE DAPHNE MAYO LECTURE 2012
Good Citizenship: The World of the Venetian cittadino
How were the ‘middle classes’ in Venice distinguished by rank, wealth, and taste? The cittadini of Venice are best-known to art historians through their patronage of the great citizens’ guilds or Scuole Grandi. But they also commissioned works of art and architecture in their own right. Often highly educated and prosperous, they proved to be ambitious clients for artists of the Venetian Renaissance. This lecture challenges the common perception that their tastes in art were less refined than those of the ruling nobility.
Deborah Howard is Professor of Architectural History in the Faculty of Architecture and History of Art at the University of Cambridge. A graduate of Cambridge and of the Courtauld Institute of Art, she taught at University College London, Edinburgh University and the Courtauld Institute, before returning to Cambridge in 1992.
She has held visiting appointments at Yale, Harvard, Princeton, Smith College, the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC, and the Villa I Tatti in Florence. Her principal research interests are the art and architecture of Venice and the Veneto; music and architecture in the Renaissance; and the relationship between Italy and the Eastern Mediterranean. In 2005 she established the Centre for Acoustic and Musical Experiments in Renaissance Architecture (CAMERA) in the Department of History of Art, University of Cambridge.
She was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 2010. Her most recent books are Sound and Space in Renaissance Venice: Architecture, Music, Acoustics (Yale University Press, 2009, with Laura Moretti), and Venice Disputed: Marc’Antonio Barbaro and Venetian Architecture 1550-1600 (Yale University Press, 2011).
The University of Queensland Art Museum and
The School of English, Media Studies and Art History
in association with The Alumni Friends of The University of Queensland Inc.
invite you to attend
Good Citizenship: The World of the Venetian cittadino
Deborah HowardProfessor of Architectural History, Faculty of Architecture and History of Art, University of Cambridge
Wednesday 4 April 6.00 pmICTE Auditorium, Sir Llew Edwards Building
Free. All welcome.
RSVP by Friday 30 MarchBookings essential as numbers are limited.Email: [email protected](07) 3365 3046
Refreshments will be served, after the lecture, in the foyer of the UQ Art Museum. Our current exhibitions Gonkar Gyatso: Three Realms; Fashioning self: Artworks from the Collection; and Beijing hao! Six Chinese photomedia artists will be open for viewing until 8.30 pm.
Daphne Mayo (1895-1982)
Daphne Mayo was for much of her life Queensland’s best known artist and a passionate advocate for the arts. Her work includes the tympanum on the Brisbane City Hall and the Women’s War Memorial in ANZAC Square. She was a trustee of the Queensland Art Gallery (1960-67), established an art reference library now at The University of Queensland, and left her private papers to The University of Queensland’s Fryer Library.
Daphne Mayo Visiting Professorship in Visual Culture
To honour and commemorate the life of one of Queensland’s most prominent artists and art educators, the School of English, Media Studies and Art History at The University of Queensland has established the annual Daphne Mayo Visiting Professorship in Visual Culture. Each year, a major figure will visit Brisbane to speak about the latest trends, influences, and theories in their area of visual culture. They will give public lectures and take master classes with postgraduate students at The University of Queensland.
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