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[caption id="attachment_6070" align="alignleft" width="300"] Image: Medal of Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta by Matteo de’ Pasti, 1446. Obverse:SIGISMONDUS PANDULFUS DE MALATESTIS S RO ECLESIE C GENERALIS . Reverse: CASTELLUM SISMONDUM ARIMINENSE MCCCCXLVI. Courtesy of Ferruccio Farina.[/caption]Although not as well-known as other prominent families such as the Medici, Visconti, or Borgia, the Malatesta of Rimini, especially during the leadership of Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta (1417-1468), occupy a central position in the history of the Italian Renaissance. Gifted with great military skill and a profound sensibility for the arts, the “wolf of Rimini” became the epitome of the “man” of the Renaissance. The great Swiss historian Jakob Burckhardt, in his influential The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy, considered him a “whole man,” the crowning figure among “the furtherers of humanism,” a condottiere equally capable in war and art, unscrupulous, cruel, and yet refined, in other words the perfect example of the new man capable of changing the course of civilization, and of ushering in the age of modernity. In a time of physical violence and artistic delicacy, Sigismondo could be considered the source of one of the highest cultural achievements of the West.This conference, organized by Professor Massimo Ciavolella (Italian, UCLA) and Dr. Bryan Keene (J. Paul Getty Museum), commemorates the six-hundredth anniversary of the birth of Sigismondo, and will consider his political and military skills, his relationship with the papacy—which culminated in pope Pius II’s excommunication and condemnation to eternal damnation —and especially his patronage of the arts and of artists such as Leon Battista Alberti, Piero della Francesca, Vittore Pisano (Pisanello), Matteo de’ Pasti, Agostino di Duccio, Roberto Valturio, Basinio da Parma, Bonifacio Bembo, just to mention a few.&#160;&#160;This conference is made possible thanks to a generous gift from the Ahmanson Foundation. Support is also provided by the Armand Hammer Endowment for the UCLA Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, the J. Paul Getty Museum, the Italian Cultural Institute in Los Angeles, and the Franklin D. Murphy Chair in Italian Renaissance Studies at UCLA.&#160;ProgrammFriday, January 26, 2018 | UCLA Royce Hall Room 31410:00Coffee and pastries10:30Welcoming RemarksMassimo Ciavolella (UCLA), Director, CMRSAntonio Verde, Italian Consul General of Italy in Los AngelesSESSION I: Andrea Moudarres (UCLA), Chair11:00Monica Centanni (IUAV University of Venice)“Bellum Italicum. Ancient-Style Feasts and Triumphs in Honor of Sigismondo Malatesta”11:45Chiara Giovannini (Liceo Classico G. Cesare, Rimini)“‘As Wars Rage on’: Giovanni Mario Filelfo’s Elegiac Verses in Tribute to Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta”12:30Lunch BreakSESSION II: Sarah Cantor (UCLA), Chair2:00Paolo Cherchi (University of Chicago)“Roberto Valturio and His De re militari“2:45Bryan C. Keene (The J. Paul Getty Museum)“The Renaissance Mediterranean: Cardinal Bessarion, Italian Courts, and the Sultan”3:30BreakSESSION III: Jean-Claude Carron (UCLA), Chair3:45Anthony D’Elia (Queen’s University)“Sigismondo Malatesta as Athlete and Ancient Hero”4:30Massimo Bulgarelli (IUAV University of Venice)“Sigismondo and the Tempio Malatestiano. Meanings of an Architecture”5:15Reception catered by Angelini Cafe. Chef Gino Angelini will be present.7:00Musical performance by Il Ruggiero: Emanuela Marcante and Daniele ToniniSaturday, January 27, 2018  |  The J. Paul Getty Museum10:00Opening RemarksBryan C. Keene, The J. Paul Getty MuseumAndrea Gnassi, Mayor of RiminiFilippo Gasperi, Mayor of GradaraSESSION IV: Davide Gasparotto (The J. Paul Getty Museum), Chair10:30Joanna Woods-Marsden (UCLA)“Sigismondo Malatesta: Portraiture and Politics”11:15BreakSESSION V: Lyle Massey (UC Irvine), Chair11:30Daniel M. Zolli (Pennsylvania State University)“Agostino di Duccio’s Lapidary Imagination”12:15Ferruccio Farina (Centro Internazionale di Studi Francesca da Rimini)“Crime Benchmarking. Pius II Piccolomini, Sigismondo Malatesta, Francesco Sforza, Alfonso of Aragona, Federico da Montefeltro and Niccolò d’Este: Sin and Sinners in Comparison”1:00Lunch BreakSESSION VI: Kirstin Noreen (Loyola Marymount University), Chair2:15James Fishburne (The Getty Research Institute)“Sacred and Profane: Matteo de’ Pasti’s Portrait Medals and the Court of Sigismondo Malatesta”3:00Marilyn Aronberg Lavin (Institue for Advanced Studies)Sigismondo’s Surprising Duality: Images and Words”3:45BreakSESSION VII: Laura Llewellyn (The J. Paul Getty Museum), Chair4:00Antonia Gatward Cevizli (Sotheby’s Institute of Art, London)“The ‘Terrible Turk’ and a ‘Citizen of Hell'”4:45Ulrike Bauer-Eberhardt (Bayerische Staatsbibliothek)“Power of Art – The Military Message of an Illustrated Book by Roberto Valturio, Commissioned by Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta”5:30 Reception: Presentation of the new volume by Ferruccio Farina, Sigismondo Malatesta, 1417-1418. Le imprese, il volto e la fama di un principe del Rinascimento (Rimini: Maggioli Editore, 2017). The author and publisher will be present.RegistrationAdvance registration for Friday at UCLA is requested. Please register online at cmrs.ucla.edu/event/sigismondo-pandolfo-malatesta/#regform. No fee. Limited seating. Parking information is online at main.transportation.ucla.edu/campus-parking/visitorsAdvance registration for Saturday at The J. Paul Getty Museum is required. To register, send an email to manuscripts@getty.edu. Parking is $15 per car payable at the self-service pay stations.&#160;Source : cmrs.ucla.edu