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G. B. Nolli, detail, La pianta grande, 1748. | |
The Nolli conference:"Giambattista Nolli, Imago Urbis
and Rome" took place successfully in Rome 31 May to
3 June 2003.
It was sponsored
by the Studium Urbis and supported by The Graham Foundation and
an anonymous donor.
The conference opened in the Sala dei Cento Giorni of Palazzo della
Cancelleria with a keynote address by Dr. David Woodward, Editor,
History of Cartography Series and the Arthur H. Robinson Professor
of Geography Emeritus, The University of Wisconsin Madison. Twenty-six
speakers followed over three days (see Conference Program and Speakers'
Abstracts below).
The second and third days took place in the Auditorium of John Cabot
University on Via della Lungara.
The fourth day was dedicated to morning visits to see the original
drawing for Nolli's Pianta Grande at Palazzo Venezia, and the original
etched plates at the Calcografia, as well as an evening visit to
Randolph Langenbach's Piranesi Project at the American Academy.
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