Four online lectures with Giovanna Brambilla
Being guided by an expert when admiring works of art is undoubtedly a formative experience that trains the eye. But once we have trained or engaged in this practice, perhaps it is time to take a bold leap and go back to the sources, to see how some great artists in history investigated the mechanisms of seeing.
What do we look at when we gaze at a work of art? Have you ever thought that observing a painting, a photograph, or a film means gaining insight to the artist’s visual heritage and the implications of the society they lived in?
Spanning from France to Italy, the United States, and Romania, four must-read texts will guide us in understanding the processes that gave rise to the great works of art that we are so fascinated by.
The lectures briefly introduce the author and their method of analyzing works of art, before engaging in an in-depth examination of the selected text, providing the tools for participants to conduct their own investigations.
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Giovanna Brambilla is an art historian and an expert in cultural heritage education and mediation. Her main focus is the relationship between museums and the public, particularly accessibility and inclusion. After graduating from university, she worked for a year as a volunteer researcher at the British Museum, London, before completing postgraduate courses in General and Museum Education at Roma Tre University, in Communication and Intercultural Mediation at the University of Bergamo, in Art History at the University of Milan (with a scholarship), and in Communication in School Settings at the University of Siena. From 1996 to 2022 she was the head of the Education Department at GAMeC, the Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Bergamo. She is currently self-employed and works with the Direzione regionale Musei Lombardia as the Head of Local Projects and Audience Development. She is also a member of the Knowledge Community of the Cultural Welfare Center, Turin, focusing on museums, hospitality, and wellbeing. Her most recent publications include, ldiqua. Immagini per chi resta (2023), Mettere al mondo il mondo: Immagini per una rinascita (2021), and Inferni: Parole e immagini di un’umanità al confine (2020).