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The next of our Winter/Spring 2026 Fellows is Mari The next of our Winter/Spring 2026 Fellows is Marianna Mancini. A recent graduate of the Department of History, Representation, and Restoration of Architecture of Sapienza Università di Roma, Marianna's research at MAP focuses on planned Medicean architectural works in late sixteenth- and early seventeenth-century Rome.

Stay tuned to meet more of our fellows and explore their projects!

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MAP FORUM PRESENTS: Magnificence and Illusionistic MAP FORUM PRESENTS: Magnificence and Illusionistic Spectacle: Quadratura at the Belvedere of Prince Eugene of Savoy in Vienna by Christina Lamb Chakalova
Tuesday, 3 March 2026 at 5pm EST / 11pm CET

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Migrating artists and traveling artwork achieved the successful fashioning of the Belvedere, which is Prince Eugene of Savoy's (1663-1736) summer palace in Vienna that Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt (1668-1745) designed and constructed between 1697 and 1723. A manifestation of global artistic patronage, the Belvedere’s international compendium of art and rarities performed as a vibrant articulation of Prince Eugene’s vast wealth and sound governance on behalf of the Holy Roman Emperors. This talk explores just one aspect of the Belvedere’s magnificent outfitting. I will examine quadratura frescoes painted by the Bolognese specialists Marcantonio Chiarini (1652-1730) and Geatano Fanti (1687-1759). Their illusions enhance the Belvedere visually, but also intellectually, and reveal Prince Eugene’s great scientific curiosity. This study explores quadratura as an essential element of Prince Eugene’s vast collections of art and scientific objects which refine our understanding of the dynamic exchange between art, science, and technology during Europe’s early modern period.

Christina Lamb Chakalova is an assistant professor of art at Hillsdale College. Christina’s research focuses on Italian Renaissance and Baroque art, with a particular emphasis on seventeenth-century Bolognese painting. Her scholarship also examines late Baroque art in imperial Austria. Christina served as the chair of the Emerging Scholars Committee of the Italian Art Society between 2024 and 2026. Christina’s research has been supported by the Central European History Society and the American Society for Eighteenth Century Studies. She is the author of Physical Movement and Devotional Spectacle: The Translation of Regina Coeli (Artibus et Historiae no. 91, 2025).

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It was wonderful to see old friends and colleagues It was wonderful to see old friends and colleagues in San Francisco at the annual meeting of the Renaissance Society of America! @rsaorg

In addition to three panels on the INVENTION OF THE MEDICI between the Quattrocento, the age of Cosimo I, and the "Forgotten Centuries," we hosted a reunion for current and past staff, fellows, interns, and paleography students at the highest bar in the city, complete with a stunning view of the Bay Area.

Thank you to everyone for coming—see you in Philadelphia next year!!

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MAP FORUM PRESENTS: Is Venice an Island? Giovanni MAP FORUM PRESENTS: Is Venice an Island? Giovanni Bellini’s paintings of the half-length Madonna with Child in a new perspective by Arnold A. Witte
Tuesday, 24 February 2026 at 5pm EST / 11pm CET

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 In my talk, I will consider how Giovanni Bellini’s half-length Madonnas and Child have been interpreted in recent historiography. One hypothesis is that the Dutch fourteenth-century religious movement of the Devotio Moderna explains the meditative function of these works, that as a result have been framed as Andachtsbilder. I will critically consider this approach and its emphasis on ‘private devotional practices.’ By placing Bellini’s paintings in a broader context, I will formulate an alternative interpretation of these images.

Arnold Witte is an associate professor at the University of Amsterdam. He studies both early modern art in Italy and art after 1945, with a particular focus on the institutional aspects of patronage. He has published widely on religious iconography and the role of cardinals in the arts and culture between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries. His research has been supported by various institutions and grants, including the Fulbright Foundation, the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts in Washington, the Deutsches Studienzentrum in Venice, and the Dutch Institute for Art History in Florence.

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