Opening Reception & Celebration
Chappell Family Gallery, Perkins Library
Thursday, September 5, 2019
5:00-7:30 PM
Opening Remarks at 6:00 PM
For information about location and parking:
https://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/about/visit
Photo credit: Lee Sorensen
Public Lecture
“Facets of Splendor: Gemstones and Jewelry in Renaissance Venice”
Blake de Maria
Harold and Edythe Toso Professor, Department of Art and Art History
Santa Clara University
September 18, 2019, 4:30 PM
Rubenstein 153 (Holsti-Anderson Family Assembly Room)
Blake de Maria received her undergraduate degree from UCLA, where she specialized in Islamic Art, and then earned her Ph.D. from Princeton University. She holds the Harold and Edythe Toso Chair at Santa Clara University, where she teaches a wide variety of courses on early modern Mediterranean visual culture. Her publications include the books, Becoming Venetian: Immigrants and the Arts in Early Modern Venice (Yale 2010) and Reflections on Renaissance Venice: Essays in Honor of Patricia Fortini Brown – which was awarded the Gladys Krieble Delmas Award by the Renaissance Society of America as well as essays on The Oracles of Leo the Wise and the material culture of dining in early modern Venice. Forthcoming publications include “Luxury Goods in Jacopo de’Barbari’s Venice” and her two-volume reference guide All Things Renaissance. In addition to teaching and research, Professor de Maria serves on the Board of Directors of the Renaissance Society of America.
Cosponsored by the Department of Art, Art History & Visual Studies, the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, and Duke Libraries.
Senses of Venice: Lavish Parties, Great Conversations, and Lots of Canals in Duke Today. (October 2019)
