This event is part of the New Work in the Arts and Humanities: Bodies of Knowledge series.

David Stone, a leading authority on Guercino and Caravaggio, discusses problems of function, technique, mode, narrative and spirituality in the preparatory drawings of Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, called Il Guercino (1591–1666). How does Guercino’s open-ended design process compare with the rigid pricing system he used for selling his painted works? In conversation with Patrizia Cavazzini, an expert on the economics of baroque art, Stone will try to assess Guercino’s artistic personality, comparing his values and marketing strategies to those of contemporaries such as Guido Reni.

Stone is the James S. Ackerman Scholar in Residence at the American Academy in Rome in spring 2016 and professor of art history at the University of Delaware.

The lecture will be held in English.