Kent in Rome 2018
RomeArtProgram Resident Art Historian Dr Edina Eszenyi’s alma mater
the University of Kent Rome School of Classical and Renaissance Studies
will host an evening at the British Ambassador’s Residence on Wednesday 4 April 2018.
The schedule includes the presentation of the European Innovation in Academia Awards
and a lecture by Dr Thomas Campbell, Director of the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art
2008-2017, on Raphael’s tapestry designs.
RSVP to University of Kent.
Guest lecturer, Dr Thomas P. Campbell, was Director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York from 2008-2017. His academic specialism is the study of Renaissance tapestries and he will lecture on ‘Raphael’s Tapestry Designs for Pope Leo X and their legacy at the Court of Charles I’, taking the Mortlake tapestries based on Raphael’s Cartoons (three of which hang on the walls of the Villa Wolkonsky) as his starting point.
Grateful to The British Ambassador for allowing us to stage our events in her Residence at the Villa Wolkonsky.
Event Timings
17:30 Arrival
18:00 Innovation in Academia Awards
18:30 Lecture by Dr. Thomas P. Campbell ‘Raphael’s Tapestry Designs for Pope Leo X and their legacy at the Court of Charles I’
19:30 Drinks Reception
20:30 Carriages
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