“Fabrics, textiles and decorative arts from sacred to profane”
“Fabrics, textiles and decorative arts from sacred to profane”

“Fabrics, textiles and decorative arts from sacred to profane”

15 May 2018 | 04.00 p.m.
Conference Hall, Vatican Museums

A particularly rich and dense meeting organized by the Vatican Museums for Tuesday 15 May. Indeed, three volumes, all published by Edizioni Musei Vaticani, will be introduced by the Director of the Pope’s Museums, Barbara Jatta, on the theme “Fabrics, textiles and decorative arts from sacred to profane”. “Vestire i Palazzi” (edited by Alessandra Rodolfo and Caterina Volpi), “Lusingare la vista” (edited by Adriano Amendola) – both part of the Dentro il Palazzo (Inside the Palace) series –, and “Il Papa e le sue vesti” (by Marzia Cataldi Gallo) will be presented by exceptional speakers such as Professor Antonio Paolucci, former Director of the Museums, Gail Feigenbaum, Associate Director of the Getty Research Institute, and Alessandra Rodolfo, curator of the Vatican Museums Departments of XVII-XVIII Century Art andTapestries and Textiles.