Andrew Ladis Memorial Trecento Conference Keynote Lecture

Anne Derbes (Hood College, Maryland) and Amy Neff (University of Tennessee, Knoxville) will deliver the keynote lecture “‘Notice every detail’: A Trecento Narrative of the Passion and Its Clarissan Audience” at 5:30 p.m. A reception will follow. Both the keynote and the reception are free and open to the public. All other conference events require registration.

This conference is held every other year in honor of art historian Andrew Ladis (1949 – 2007), Franklin Professor of Art History at the Lamar Dodd School of Art and a key figure in the development of our museum’s collection from the 1980s to early 2000s. The conference is the only gathering of its kind, emphasizing 14th-century Italian art as a fruitful area of research and academic dialogue. The conference is organized by the museum in collaboration with the Trecento Forum, a network of scholars dedicated to advancing studies in how art was created and experienced in late medieval Italy. Combined with the display of the museum’s newly installed Kress Collection — which includes multiple 14th-century works — the conference will offer an unparalleled opportunity for established and emerging scholars to network, collaborate and share their research. Full symposium schedule and registration information.