Founded in 1949 by Countess in 1949 by Founded Mrs Dobbins Lillian Dandini, D’Anneo and Mrs Louis Piccirillo. The Da Leonardo Vinci Society was incorporated on as a non profit and July a broad to promote 25 1951 - deep understanding and apprecia tion of Italian contribution to art, means by and culture literature exhibits and concerts, of lectures, honoringreceptions distinguished persons of directors: Board President Amelia Antonucci Vice president RanghiasciEugene Treasurer Lorraine Legg Chair Membership Laura Piccirillo Waste Recording Secretary Bannerman Francesca Program Chair Tonelli Paola Chair Social Elizabeth Milano BaccariAlessandro Melvin C.Britton MD Colomba Ghigliotti Marina Mc Kenzie Mary Rodgers Steve Nuzzo
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The Leonardo da Vinci Society P.O. Box 5775 San Francisco CA 95147-5775 The Leonardo da The da Vinci Leonardo Society 5775, Box P.O. 95147-5775 San Francisco,CA CALENDAR Saturday September 13, for such journals and anthologies as Apollo, The November 13, December 7, 2015 2:00 PM Burlington Magazine, Master Drawings, Re- 7:00 pm Christmas Program A PREVIEW SEPTEMBER naissance Studies, and the Revue du Louvre et DECEMBER La Schiava Turca: A special visit to the Legion des musées de France. Giuseppe Castiglione, Jesuit in China during Piano concert by Laura Magnani 2014 of Honor- lecture and tour As an authority on the School of Parma, she the Ming Dynasty Franz Liszt, la Deuxieme Année de Pelgri- January ‘Un lume di grazia tanto piacevole’ Parmigia- has been a guest lecturer in conjunction with An illustrated lecture by Dr.Vincent Fausone. nage, Italie. Influence of Italian archi- nino, Painter of Grace by Mary Vaccaro, PhD exhibits including Correggio and Parmigiani- Three sonnets read by Lars Primo Angeli tecture on Russian cities, e.g. no: Master Draftsmen of the Renaissance at the St. Petersburg a lecture by Metropolitan Museum of Art (2001), The Art Alexander Kugushev. of Parmigianino at the Frick Collection (2004), and Parma at the Museum of Western Art in February Tokyo (2007). She has also been invited to The Significance of Geome- speak at major international conferences on tric Forms in Botany Parmigianino (2002) and Correggio (2008), Paola Tonelli, LdV Program sponsored by the Italian Ministry of Culture. Chair Vaccaro is the recipient of prestigious fellows- hips, including the American Academy in March Rome Prize, multiple Fulbright-Hays program Leonardo project and fund awards to Italy, and a postdoctoral fellowship raising event at the Harvard University Center for Renais- ETERNAL TRAVELER sance Studies, Villa I Tatti, Florence. (Leonardo’s secret life) More recently, she held a J. Clawson Mills se- A multimedia project for nior fellowship in the department of Drawings a solo performer and video and Prints at the Metropolitan Museum of Art 3:00 PM Concert images by Andrea Centazzo (2007-2008) to research artists in the School 4:00 - 6:00 PM Party of Parma for a forthcoming book titled Dise- April gno: On the Use and Exchange of Drawings in The Century Club of California Giacomo Leopardi, in colla- Sixteenth-Century Parma. 1355 Franklin St, San Francisco, CA boration with, IIC, UC Ber- keley, by Mario Andrea Rigoni October 30, Admissions: Professor Mario Andrea Ri- 7:00 PM Members fee: $20 goni, University of Padova, Non members: $30 literary critic, collaborator to «The Roman Republic: Significance for Wes- Museo Italo Americano Please send a check to: the Corriere della Sera and Parmigianino, Schiava Turca, ca. tern Civilization» Fort Mason, Building C, San Francisco, CA P.O. Box 5775, expert on Leopardi, among 1531–1534. Oil on panel. An illustrated lecture by Prof. Carlos Noreña, San Francisco, Ca 94147-5775 numerous events held a lec- Galleria Nazionale di Parma. Associate Professor of History University of Vincent Fausone, Jr. is a retired physician who ture at the ICI London on: Photograph © Ministry of National California in Berkeley. has long had an interest in Chinese art and Leopardi’s Italians: Then and Heritage, Culture, and Tourism history. He is the present President of the Mu- Now”. seo Italo Americano and the past President of Florence Gould Theater the Society for Asian Art, a support group of May 100 34th Ave, San Francisco, CA the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco as History and Art of Mantova, well as the past President of the International a lecture by Maria Elena Me- Admission: Chinese Snuff Bottle Society. notti, Free for members of the Legion of Honor Giuseppe Castiglione was an Italian Jesuit Soprintendenza per i beni $10 for non members Brother who went as a missionary to China in archeologici della Lombardia $7 per seniors 1715. He served as a court painter under three Museo Italo Americano, Fort Please send a check to: Emperors of China and developed a comple- Mason, Building C Leonardo Da Vinci Society c/o Amelia An- tely new style of Chinese painting that incor- tonucci, porated western perspective. He advanced his 2200 Sacramento Street, standing at court so that the Emperor Qing SF, CA 94115 Museo Italo Americano Lung appointed him to the position of Offi- before September 3, 2014. Fort Mason, Building C. San Francisco, CA cial of the Imperial Household Department, LdV members will have reserved seat and a putting him in charge of the entire Imperial dedicated tour. Admissions: household, including some 6000 Eunuchs. RSVP: 917 478 069 Free for LDV & Humanities West Members. This is the highest position given to any Eu- Suggested donation for non members: $10 ropean in China during the 18th century. He Mary Vaccaro, PhD, Art History Professor RSVP: [email protected] died in China in 1766 at the age of 78 and was and Area Coordinator, University of Texas, given a lavish funeral as for a member of the Arlington, offers an overview of Parmigiani- Professor Noreña will talk about the constitu- Imperial family. no’s life and art, with attention to his portraits tional framework of the Roman Republic and RSVP: [email protected] of women. the principles on which it was founded of se- Vaccaro specializes in Renaissance art, parti- paration of powers, checks and balances and cularly 16th-century Northern Italian painting rights of citizenship. He will also explain how and drawing. She wrote a book on the pain- ultimately this model collapsed. tings of Parmigianino in 2002 and co-authored Part of the Humanities West program “The a volume on the artist’s drawings in 2000. She Roman Republic” Oct. 24-25 has written numerous essays and book reviews (Humanitieswest.org)