Continuing our series profiling the Rome Art Program Faculty, today we chat with our resident Art Historian Edina Eszenyi and find out more about her Rome…
The second week of the Rome Art program saw our students working on location in and around the St Peter’s and the Vatican, visiting the studio of Sculptor Peter Rockwell and painting on Isola Tiberina. Continue reading Summer 2015 In Pictures – Week 2
I confess I don’t even know how to start a blog post. Blogs are typically opinion pieces and angelology; my research field isn’t about giving one’s own opinions.
Approaching angelology from the direction of history requires factuality – as much as one can talk about factuality in the case of angels. The first rule of angelology thus remains that you don’t chit-chat about angels or else you get confused with a preacher, which might compromise the credibility of your research. Having said that, the Rome Art Program’s idea of including angels in their blog sounded charming, so I decided to give it a clumsy go.
With it’s flamboyant fountains, vibrant cafe culture, colourful street performers and elaborate baroque palazzi, Piazza Navona is Rome’s most celebrated (and some say beautiful) city square… Continue reading Locations: Piazza Navona
“Rome has no equal as a city where you can connect with the past yet still stay fully present. The experience of painting and drawing in the city can define who you become as an artist…”
Carole Robb, Creative Director Rome Art Program Continue reading Why Rome?