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Monday, October 2, 2023
10:30 a.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Free event – in French
You can follow the match on Zoom: LINK
Caves and Parnassus, Villa Medici and Palazzo Vecchio, Love and Bacchus, Parmigianino (1503-1540), Jacopo Zucchi (1542-1596), Giovanni Bellini (1430-1516) and Dosso Dossi (1486-1542) are just some of the places and artists studied by Philippe Morel. Capricci del Rinascimento, representations of landscapes of Italian origin and often imaginary, combine architectural and fantastical elements. Their study by Philippe Morel’s colleagues and former students highlights the figures, objects and ideas observed in them: magicians and maenads, satyrs and silenes, stars and grotesques, alchemy and magic, laughter and eroticism, dance and intemperance, or vision and fantasia… The aim is to analyze and interpret these rich representations.
From Dionysian inspiration to miraculous apparitions, via 15th- and 16th-century decorations in Italy, Philippe Morel’s work has explored a multitude of new themes with great curiosity. His latest research has taken him as far as dance and Nordic art.
And so, through anecdotes, images and interpretations, the participants in this symposium pay tribute to Philippe Morel. His sense of wonder, curiosity and festive spirit will enliven the day’s conversations.
DAY’S PROGRAM
Philippe Morel
Philippe Morel was a resident at the Académie de France in Rome from 1983-1985, and was in charge of art history at the institution until 1991. He initiated a series of fundamental studies on the history and decor of the Villa Medici, which resulted in five landmark volumes(La Villa Medici, published by the Académie de France in Rome and the École Française de Rome, dir. A. Chastel, coord. gen. Ph. Morel. 1989 ; 1991 ; 1991 ; 2009 ; 2010). A university professor who taught at the University of Grenoble and then at the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Philippe Morel has also devoted a large part of his career to the transmission of knowledge on the art of the Italian Renaissance, awakening the passion for art history of numerous students, whom he has accompanied in the completion of their dissertations and theses.
