Robert C. Smith Conference: 50 years after his death
On the 50th anniversary of the death of the American art historian Robert C. Smith (1912-1975), this event takes inspiration from his pioneering research and his role in bringing the Luso-Brazilian Baroque to wider recognition between the 1940s and 1970s.
Smith’s relationship with the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation was marked by several grants that supported his research and publications, and deepened in 1975 with the bequest of his documentary archive. Today, this collection is preserved, studied and shared by the Gulbenkian Art Library, which safeguards and promotes its legacy.
Organised by the Institute of Art History of NOVA FCSH, in partnership with the Gulbenkian Art Library and the Gaudium Magnum Foundation, the conference is especially intended for researchers, academics and students interested in the life and work of Robert C. Smith.
Programme
00:00:07 / Opening Lecture
00:09:53 / Why It matters to Study Robert C. Smith: some notes on the History of Historiography
00:31:30 / Robert C. Smith and the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
00:56:40 / The Robert C. Smith lectureship in Baroque art and culture studies in the Atlantic axis
01:36: 59 / The Oliveira Lima Library and its important collection for Portuguese-Brazilian studies (16th-19th centuries)
02:08:11 / Discussion
02:20:43 / Lens on Legacy: Gaudium Magnum Foundation on Robert Chester Smith
03:00:00 / Robert C. Smith and Manuel Braga da Cruz: combining knowledge and expertise
03:34:38 / Portuguese Art at the Hispanic Society Museum & Library
03:55:16 / Discussion
04:10:45 / Portuguese Baroque as a cultural and economic asset
04:59:10 / Closing Session
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