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LIEU: Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz – Max-Planck-Institut, Palazzo Grifoni Budini Gattai, Via dei Servi 51, I–50122 FlorenceDATES: February 26 - 27, 2015Visualizing Otherness in Modern Italy (XIX-XX Century)Organized by Melania Savino and Eva-Maria Troelenberg Max-Planck-Research Group "Objects in the Contact Zone – The cross-cultural Lives of Things"Throughout the modern history of Italy, objects and cultural andartistic practices from non-European cultures such as Africa, the Arabworld, South and Southeast Asia, China and South America havecontributed to the construction of a modern Italian visual identity.Cross-cultural and cross-national exchanges between Italy andnon-Western countries led to the introduction of "other" visualpractices and codes into the Italian framework, where they contributedto redefinitions of visual narratives or the hybridization oficonographic languages. Against the background of historicalcircumstances such as the rise of nationalist movements and colonialsentiments, these encounters have not only raised questions about thepossibilities of understanding between European and non-Europeancultures but also participated in the creation of a new visual language.Yet these phenomena are understudied and deserve to be examinedcritically in the light of complex networks of multiple cross-nationaland international interactions. Most of the existing studies in thisfield explore these themes in the visual cultures of other Europeancountries and the interplay of Italian traditions with other cultureshas never been fully assessed.By shedding light on the transformation of the artistic, museologicaland cultural practices in Italy from the beginning of the nineteenthcentury up to the end of the Second World War, the proposed workshopaims to explore and demonstrate how "other" works of art and traditionshave played an active role in shaping the modern Italian visualidentity. This workshop therefore is primarily concerned with theperceptions of such objects or cultural and aesthetic practices withinthe narratives of modern Italy.PROGRAMThursday, 26 February 201514.00Melania Savino, Eva-Maria TroelenbergWelcome and Introduction14.15Olga Bush, New YorkBringing the World Home: Collection and Display at the CastelloD'Albertis (Genoa, 1890's-1930's)15.00Stefano Anastasio, FlorenceThe Ancient Near East in the Archaeological Museum of Florence15.45 Break16.15Laurie Kalb, RomeExhibiting Ethnography and Antiquities in the Fascist-Era World's FairComplex of EUR17.00Melania Savino, FlorenceTraveling Objects: Mesopotamia Exhibited in ItalyFriday, 27 February 201510.00Carmen Belmonte, FlorenceRepresenting the Enemy, Depicting Defeats: Colonial Visual Culture inNineteenth-century Italy10.45Mariana Aguirre, Mexico CityArdengo Soffici's Manichini Africani: Arcaismo, Classicism and FrenchModernism11.30 Break12.00Viviana Tagliaferri, AthensThe Turkish Parade of Potenza: Historical and Imagined Figures in thePublic Space of the City12.45 Final DiscussionContactMelania Savinomelania.savino@khi.fi.it+39.055.24911-87