Art and Architecture in the Alps, 1000–1900 CE
Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz – Max-Planck-Institut (Florence, Italy), Mar 15–16, 2027 Deadline: Nov 27, 2026
Place, Passage, Ecology: Art and Architecture in the Alps (1000–1900 CE).
The Alps, stretching from present-day France to Slovenia, have frequently been considered a geographic, climatic, and cultural barrier separating northern Europe from the Italian Peninsula and the Mediterranean. Yet, while their imposing peaks and challenging terrain constrained movement, Alpine valleys and passes offered crucial routes for trade, pilgrimage, military campaigns, and the transit of artists, objects, materials, and ideas. Looking beyond the mountains as either obstacle or thoroughfare, “Place, Passage, Ecology” foregrounds the Alpine regions’ histories from within, considering these landscapes as places of settlement, artistic production, and the formation of local identities, where environmental conditions . . . → En lire plus
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