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SUMMARY:Piranesi in the Valley of the Uncanny - Professor Caroline van Eck
  (Department of History of Art\, University of Cambridge)
DTSTART:20171114T174500Z
DTEND:20171114T191500Z
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CONTACT:Dr Rachel E. Holmes
DESCRIPTION:Piranesi's colossal candelabra were made in the 1770s from fra
 gments found near Hadrian's Villa near Tivoli. Some of them were sold for 
 staggering sums to British collectors\, but they have known abrupt reversa
 ls in appreciation\, and even now are among the least studied of his works
 . In my talk I will address a prominent\, but equally under-researched fea
 ture of them: their lifelike\, if not animated appearance\, and will consi
 der this both from the perspective of ancient lamp-lore and modern psychol
 ogy.
LOCATION:Gatsby Room\, Wolfson College
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