Saturday, October 15, 2011, at 3 PM – Theatre of Photography and Image, 23 Boulevard Dubouchage – Nice
in the presence of Jean-Marc Giaume, Municipal Councilor, Delegate for Historical Heritage, Archaeology, and Nice’s Language and Culture.
– “The Beginnings of Nice’s Baroque and the Genoese Artistic Influence”
On the occasion of this conference, Charles Astro, Chief Curator of the Palais Lascaris, will discuss “The Beginnings of Nice’s Baroque and the Genoese Artistic Influence”.
The first signature monuments of Nice’s baroque were built in the 17th century, within the context of the religious renewal of the Counter-Reformation and the urban planning projects desired by the Dukes of Savoy for the City of Nice. Thus, the Jesuit church and, from 1650, the new cathedral follow the great Roman architectural models, while their magnificent interior decoration, like that of the Palais Lascaris, carried out by workshops of stucco workers and painters, is mainly claimed to be influenced by Genoese artistic input introduced from Liguria and the Principality of Monaco.
Upcoming conferences on the same theme:
October 29, 2011 – 3 PM: “The Theatrum Sabaudiae, Images of Power, Power of Images”
Speaker: Jean-Loup Fontana, Departmental Curator of Heritage at the General Council of the Alpes Maritimes
November 19, 2011 – 3 PM: “Baroque Displays and the Staging of Sacred Religious and Political Ceremonies in Nice in the 16th and 17th Centuries”
Speaker: Alain Bottaro, Curator at the Departmental Archives of the Alpes-Maritimes
December 3, 2011 – 3 PM: “Great Italian Models of Baroque Painting in the County of Nice”
Speaker: Luc-François Thévenon, Chief Curator of Heritage
December 10, 2011 – 3 PM: “Being a Musician and Composer in the Baroque Age: Musical Institutions and Centers of Training. What Specificity for the Nicese Studied through Archives, Libraries, and Musical Collections?”
Speaker: Annick Dubois, Musicology Professor at UNSA
This cycle will conclude on Sunday, December 11, 2011, at 3 PM, at the Saint François de Paule Church in Nice, with a baroque music concert given in collaboration with the early music department of the National Conservatory of Regional Influence (C.N.R.R.).
