Book Presentation: IL CUORE DI CRISTALLO

Looking into the heart as if it were made of crystal: an ancient dream of truth and transparence, fascinating and with its dangers. To trace, with words and images, the portrait of the loved one, to capture its soul, and preserve its presence beyond any distance, and beyond death.
These are the main themes of this new book, that sets off from Pietro Bembo's Asolani dialogues about love, supplying a new point of view about many well known Renaissance portraits, such as Leonardo da Vinci's Ginevra de' Benci.

Il cuore di cristallo.
Ragionamenti d'amore, poesia e ritratto nel Rinascimento
(Einaudi, 2010)
 
With
Author Lina Bolzoni (Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa)
Alexander Nagel (Institute of Fine Arts, NYU)
Patricia Rubin (Director, Institute of Fine Arts, NYU)
 
Moderated by:
Jane Tylus (NYU)

THIS EVENT IS IN ENGLISH