Online talk: The Procaccini and the business of painting in early modern Italy by Dr. Angelo Lo Conte
In this talk, Angelo will mention about the business of painting in early modern Italy by retracing the story of brothers Camillo, Carlo Antonio and Giulio Cesare Procaccini.
The Procaccini and the business of painting in early modern Italy by Dr. Angelo Lo Conte About the speaker LANGUAGE Notes to HKBU students Registration
The paper investigates painting as business in early modern Italy by retracing the story of brothers Camillo, Carlo Antonio and Giulio Cesare Procaccini, owners of the most successful workshop active in Northern Italy at the start of the seventeenth century. Born in Bologna, the Procaccini relocated to Milan developing a business that fulfilled a variety of commissions including major religious works, paintings for the private market and decoration of aristocratic villas. As migrants, the Procaccini adapted to a new city, new regulations, new patrons, and to a different market. Through professional versatility, business acumen and ease in cultivating connections, they built a legacy that crossed the Italian borders and gave their business international appeal.
Dr Angelo Lo Conte is Assistant Professor at the Academy of Visual Arts, HKBU. He is an art historian specialised in the fields of Renaissance and Baroque art, with expertise in workshops practice and social history. Before joining AVA in 2019, he was the inaugural ACIS Research Fellow at the Rosand Library and Study Centre, Venice (2018). In 2014, he was the recipient of the Francis Haskell Memorial Fund. Angelo held postdoctoral positions at the Ian Potter Museum of Art (2017) and the Australian Institute of Art History (2016). His second book, titled The Procaccini and the business of painting in early modern Milan, will be published by Routledge in autumn 2020.
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The talk is CCL accredited for HKBU students. An evaluation form will be e-mailed to the participated students after the talk. Please note that the CCL unit will only be given to those students who have registered the event and submitted with a completed evaluation form by 23 April (Thu).
Please sign up on or before 20 April 2020 and you will receive the zoom meeting room link through e-mail on 21 April 2020. Please contact
ava@hkbu.edu.hk if you have any questions.