Conferenza dell’Unione Internazionale
20.11.2024 H18:00
Entrance: via Liguria 20
20.11.2024 H18:00
Entrance: via Liguria 20
The conference will be held in Italian at Istituto Svizzero in Rome.
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Istituto Svizzero
Via Liguria 20, Rome
Free entrance
Istituto Svizzero is pleased to host the annual conference of the Unione Internazionale degli Istituti di Archeologia, Storia e Storia dell’Arte a Roma. This year’s theme, Iphigenia in Pompei, with guest speaker Professor Francesca Ghedini, is proposed by Institutum Romanum Finlandiae.
Unione Internazionale, brings together thirty-eight research institutes, both Italian and non-Italian, from nineteen different countries, both European and non-European, all operating in the specified disciplinary fields.
Iphigenia in Pompei
New frescoes from the House of the Painters at work
During the recent excavations at the Insula dei Casti Amanti in Pompeii (R IX), a small richly decorated room in excellent condition was discovered. The three panels depict Perseus and Andromeda in the iconography of the contemplation of Medusa’s head, a child surrounded by clusters of grapes and pomegranates, and a scene showing Iphigenia purifying Orestes in an original iconographic solution that enriches the panorama of images inspired by the unfortunate daughter of Agamemnon. The iconographic/iconological analysis of the decoration suggests the existence of a specific decorative program commissioned by the owner of the house.
In collaboration with Institutum Romanum Finlandiae and Unione Internazionale.
Biography:
Francesca Ghedini is Professor Emeritus of Archaeology at the University of Padua. She has held numerous academic positions, coordinated and directed research projects of national and international significance; she is responsible for journals (Eidola) and sector series (Antenor Quaderni). She curated the setup of the Museo del Termalismo in Montegrotto Terme and the exhibition Ovidio, miti e altre storie (Scuderie del Quirinale 2018-2019). She was a member of the Consiglio Superiore dei Beni Culturali and collaborated with the MIC, for which she drafted the Guidelines for the establishment and management of archaeological parks (2012). She is currently a member of the Scientific Council of the Archaeological Park of Pompeii and of prestigious cultural institutions (Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti; Accademia Galileiana; Istituto Archeologico Germanico). She is the author of more than 300 publications; among the most recent are Il poeta del mito, Ovidio e il suo tempo (Carocci 2018); Giulia Domna. Una siriaca sul trono dei Cesari (Carocci 2020); Lo sguardo degli antichi (Carocci 2022); Maledette (Marsilio 2023); Elena e le altre. Donne, religione e politica alla corte di Costantino (Carocci 2024).
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Pompei (IX, 12), Casa dei Pittori al lavoro: Ifigenia purifica Oreste