Thursday, 25th of September, 2025 at 6 pm
Villa Lante al Gianicolo, Passeggiata del Gianicolo 10
The lecture will be held in English.
Registration is required via the registration form.
The lecture will be recorded and available later on the Institute’s YouTube channel.
From Neronian to Papal decor. Some thoughts about grotesques (grottesche) in antiquity and the Renaissance
In this conference, the grotesques discovered in the Golden House pavilion on the Oppius in the late 15th century are discussed as a Renaissance artistic motif and as interpreted by contemporary authors as expressions of fantasia or as inappropriate figures contra naturam. We also investigate whether grotesques belonged to the repertoire of ancient painters, especially those of the Neronian age, for instance, outside the Golden House in Rome and in the Vesuvian cities.
Eric M. Moormann is an emeritus professor of classical archaeology at Radboud University in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. His research includes ancient painting and sculpture, the topography of the Vesuvian cities and Rome, as well as the reception of ancient culture in later ages and the history of archaeology. Currently, he is completing his investigations on the Via Appia as part of the Nijmegen project “Mapping the Via Appia”.
amos anderson lectures
The Amos Anderson lectures are held every year by distinguished Finnish or foreign researchers on subjects related to the activities of the Finnish Institute. The lectures are organised in honour of the founding father of Institutum Romanum Finlandiae Amos Anderson (1878-1961) and are funded by the Finnish foundation Föreningen Konstsamfundet.
2000 T.P. WISEMAN
2001 LUDWIG SCHMUGGE
2002 FRANCO CARDINI
2003 ANGELOS CHANIOTIS
2004 FERGUS MILLAR
2005 MARIO TORELLI
2006 WILLIAM V. HARRIS
2007 ANDREW LINTOTT
2008 FILIPPO COARELLI
2009 ADRIANO LA REGINA
2010 EVA CANTARELLA
2011 SILVIO PANCIERA
2012 EVA MARGARETA STEINBY
2013 ANDREA GIARDINA
2014 FRANCESCO STELLA
2015 ARNOLD ESCH
2016 ODD EINAR HAUGEN
2017 CHRISTOPHER HOWE
2018 IRENE BRAGANTINI
2019 FAUSTO ZEVI
2020 JUDITH HERRIN
2021 EUGENIO LA ROCCA
2022 STEFANIA GIGLI QUILICI
2023 ANDREW WALLACE-HADRILL
2024 MAUREEN CARROLL
