Events

Il 25 agosto 1925 il filosofo Walter Benjamin e la drammaturga Asja Lācis pubblicano sulla Frankfurter Zeitung un saggio su Napoli destinato non soltanto a cambiare la percezione dell’immagine della città, ma a definire una nuova categoria di pensiero. [more]

Histories of modern architecture ignore the degree to which as a fashion it was marketed to women, often by other women. Considering the role of House Beautiful in its reception in the U.S. begins to redress interpretations that also marginalize men, such as Erich Mendelsohn, who designed commercially successful businesses frequented by women. [more]

Premodern sacred space was never in stasis. It was moving and active; in flux by definition, it poses many difficulties for historical narrative, conservation, and restoration practices. This two day international conference highlights some of the most recent methodological questions and approaches to modeling unstable materials and activities. [more]