INTRODUCTION TO THE COURSE
“Beauty, precisely because it opens up and broadens the horizons of human awareness, pointing us beyond ourselves, bringing us face to face with the abyss of Infinity, can become a path towards the transcendent, towards the ultimate Mystery, towards God. Art, in all its forms, at the point where it encounters the great questions of our existence, the fundamental themes that give life its meaning, can take on a religious quality, thereby turning into a path of profound inner reflection and spirituality.”
(Speech delivered to artists by Pope Benedict XVI in 2009)
COURSE STRUCTURE
Tuesday 10th October 2017
Knowledge and Awareness of Ecclesiastic Cultural Heritage in Italy
Lecturer: Archbishop Stefano Russo (Bishop of the Diocese of Fabriano-Matelica)
Thursday 12th October 2017
The Monastic Presence in Fabriano. The Abbeys across the Inland Territory
Lecturer: Father Ugo Paoli (Archivist and Librarian of the San Silvestro Monastery)
Thursday 12th October 2017
Painting and sculpture in Fabriano between the 3rd and 4th century. The School of Fabriano and the Genius of the Anonymous. The Campodonico Master: The Painter of Abbeys
Lecturer: Prof. Giampiero Donnini (Art Critic)
Tuesday 17th October 2017
Painting and sculpture in Fabriano between the 3rd and 4th century. Fra’ Giovanni di Bartolomeo and 4th-century Wooden Sculpture
Lecturer: Prof. Giampiero Donnini (Art Critic)
Tuesday 17th October 2017
Franciscan Itineraries within the Fabriano Territory
Lecturer: Father Ferdinando Campana (Provincial Minister of Frati Minori delle Marche)
Thursday 19th October 2017
Art servicing the Doctrine of Faith. The Cross and the Crucifix Iconography
Lecturer: Father Mario Cataldi (Director of the Liturgical Office of the Ascoli Piceno Diocese)
Thursday 19th October 2017
Stylistic and Architectural Evolution of Ecclesiastic Buildings
Lecturer: Father Mario Cataldi (Director of the Liturgical Office of the Ascoli Piceno Diocese)
Tuesday 24th October 2017
Painting between the 3rd and 4th century. From Allegretto Nuzi to Gentile da Fabriano
Lecturer: Prof. Fabio Marcelli (Università degli Studi di Perugia)
Tuesday 24th October 2017
The Iconography of Saints
Lecturer: Prof. Massimo Papetti (Curator of Musei Sistini del Piceno)
Thursday 26th October 2017
The Lady of Humility in the Marche’s art between the 14th and 15th Centuries
Lecturer: Prof. Fabio Marcelli (Università degli Studi di Perugia)
Thursday 26th October 2017
The Experience of the Diocesan Museum and the Cathedral. An Art and Liturgy Itinerary
Lecturer: Prof. Fabio Marcelli (Università degli Studi di Perugia)
