The Strange story of Lorenzo Lotto

CYCLE: The Lives of works of art. Stories, places, journeys, secrets and appropriations
SPEAKER: Enrico Maria Dal Pozzolo
DATE: Tuesday, November 25, 6:00 PM
LOCATION: Palazzo Massimo alle Terme, Largo di Villa Peretti 2

The story of Lorenzo Lotto (1480/81 - 1556) is one of the most singular among the protagonists of Italian Renaissance art. Raised in the Venice of Antonello da Messina, Giovanni Bellini and Giorgione, he had a dazzling start, which led him to be hired by Julius II among those who first frescoed the Vatican Stanze (1509-10). The impact of Rome—of the antique, of Raphael, of Michelangelo, of politics—was nearly devastating for him, and he emerged transformed. The harmonious universes he had managed to construct in his panels and canvases up to that point transformed into something different and initiated lateral, solitary, and eccentric digressions. He frequently changed his operational locations and expressive styles, remaining true to himself in a changing Italy. He knew both glory and misery. After becoming an oblate, he died in the sanctuary of Loreto.

Enrico Maria Dal Pozzolo teaches at the University of Verona and specializes in Renaissance and Baroque painting. He has hundreds of publications to his credit, with monographs on Giorgione, Lorenzo Lotto, Sebastiano del Piombo, and El Greco. He has curated exhibitions in Italy (including Venice, Palazzo Ducale, Museo Correr; Rome, Palazzo Venezia, Museo di Castel Sant’Angelo) and abroad (Madrid, Museo del Prado; London, National Gallery). In addition to his academic and scientific work, he is active in popular dissemination through radio, television, multimedia, and theatrical productions. He writes for la Repubblica and has collaborated with Rai and the BBC. He currently serves as a consultant to the Chamber of Deputies for initiatives related to the enhancement of institutional historical and artistic heritage.

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