A lecture by David G. Stork
In 2000, the celebrated British-American artist David Hockney proposed in his book Secret Knowledge that some artists as early as Jan van Eyck (c. 1430) secretly built optical devices and traced over projected images to obtain a heightened realism in the new art of that time. Recently, rigorous computer methods—guided by art historical context and knowledge—have convincingly disproven Hockney's theory.
In this talk David G. Stork, Adjunct Professor at Stanford University will explain how such computer-assisted connoisseurship is providing new insights into the works of several Italian painters, including Parmigianino and Caravaggio.He will also discuss how art authentication and digitally recovery can recreate lost artworks, including some destroyed in Savonarola's Bonfire of the Vanities in Florence in 1490.
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The virtual doors will open at 18:00 Italian time on Wednesday 2nd October.
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This lecture is sponsored by Donna Malin