Artisti italiani in Terrasanta
Artisti italiani in Terrasanta

Artisti italiani in Terrasanta

Pittori, scultori e artigiani al lavoro nei santuari di Antonio Barluzzi. 1914-1955

Thursday 19 April 2018 | 04.00 p.m.
Conference Hall, Vatican Museums

Artisti italiani in Terrasanta. Pittori, scultori e artigiani al lavoro nei santuari di Antonio Barluzzi. 1914-1955” (Italian artists in the Holy Land. Painters, sculptors and artisans at work in the shrines of Antonio Barluzzi. 1914-1955) is the title of the book, published by Edizioni Musei Vaticani, which will be presented at the Pope’s Museums this coming 19 April as part of the Thursdays in the Museums programme.

The publication, edited by Bruno Mantura, with Anna Maria Damigella and Gian Maria Secco Suardo, documents the work of numerous Italian artists who in the first half of the last century, under the skilful guidance of the engineer Antonio Barluzzi, brought their art and professionalism to the Christian shrines of the Holy Land, bearing fitness to a fervent desire for cultural and religious renewal. Long and complex archive research enabled this all-Italian enterprise to be rigorously retraced, often through the recovery of previously unseen material, until now considered lost.

The Director of the Vatican Museums, Barbara Jatta, will introduce the presentation which will include interventions by Father Francesco Patton, Custos of the Holy Land, Matteo Lafranconi, Director of the Scuderie del Quirinale, and Micol Forti, Curator of the Vatican Museums Collection of Contemporary Art.