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 6th March 2018
The Fabriano Church at the time of the Council of Trento
Lecturer: Prof. Mirella Cuppoletti (Scientific high School ‘V.Volterra’, Fabriano)
Friday 19th March 2018
Holy Space and Architecture. The Church, a book to be interpreted
Lecturer: Mr. Leonardo Servadio (Journalist, collaborator of Avvenire)
Saturday 17th March 2018
A Highly Topical Matter: The Reasons why a Pastoral Investment is needed on Via pulchritudinis. Report and debate
Lecturer: Father Antonio Scattolini (Manager of KARIS, Servizio per la Pastorale dell’Arte, Diocese of Verona)
Saturday 17th March 2018
The Societal Role of Art and Museums. A Form of Art that teaches and educates
Lecturer: Mr. Andrea Nante (Director of the diocesan Museum of Padua)
Saturday 17th March 2018
The Experience of a Diocesan Office for Cultural Heritage
Lecturer: Ms. Cristina Falsarella (Director of Ufficio Arte Sacra of the Diocese of Vittorio Veneto)
Sunday 18th March 2018
The Pastoral Role of Art: Assumptions, Methods and Skills
Lecturer: Mr. Andrea Nante, Father Antonio Scattolini, Ms. Cristina Falsarella
Tuesday 10th April 2018
Marche and the Fabriano inland amid Mannerism and Baroque. The New Art
Lecturer: Prof. Stefano Papetti ( Curator of Ascoli Piceno’s municipal collections, Università degli Studi di Camerino)
Thursday 12th April 2018
The Charity Oratory and Filippo Bellini
Lecturer: Prof. Giampiero Donnini (Art Historian)
Thursday 12th April 2018
The Church between Mannerism and Baroque. The New Liturgical Space
Lecturer: Father Mario Cataldi (Director of the Liturgical Office of the Diocese of Ascoli Piceno)
Tuesday 17th April 2018
The New Iconography in Fabriano. Caravaggism and Baroque Culture in Fabriano
Lecturer: Prof. Fabio Marcelli (Università degli Studi di Perugia)
Thursday 19th April 2018
The Gonfalone Oratory in Fabriano
Lecturer: Mr. Francesco Fantini (Art Historian)
Thursday 19th April 2018
The “Madonnas” of Sassoferrato
Lecturer: Ms. Arianna Bardelli (Art Historian)
