Competing Truths

Selection from "Competing Truths"

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This event was a two-day symposium held at the Italian Academy of Columbia University and The Frick Collection on November 15 and 16, 2019.

These videos reflect a selection of the symposium at The Frick Collection. 

Jeffrey Fraiman: "Competing Relics: The Three Wellheads at San Calisto in Trastevere, 1607-2019"

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"Competing Relics: The Three Wellheads at San Calisto in Trastevere, 1607—2019" by Jeffrey Fraiman, Research Associate , Metropolitan Museum of Art November 16, 2019 This lecture, presented at The Frick Collection, was part of a two-day symposium, 'Competing Truths: Art and the Objects of History after the Council of Trent' organized by the Italian Academy of Columbia University and The Frick Art Reference Library.

Pamela Jones: "Artistic Style, Christian Truth, & the Ugly Reality of the Poor"

"Artistic Style, Christian Truth, & the Ugly Reality of the Poor" by Pamela Jones, Professor Emerita of Art History, UMass, Boston November 16, 2019 This lecture, presented at The Frick Collection, was part of a two-day symposium, 'Competing Truths: Art and the Objects of History after the Council of Trent' organized by the Italian Academy of Columbia University and The Frick Art Reference Library.

Silvia Tita: "Restoring Truth: Uses and Abuses of Archeology in Establishing Primacy Among Papal Sites in the 1630s"

"Restoring Truth: Uses and Abuses of Archeology in Establishing Primacy Among Papal Sites in the 1630s" by Silvia Tita, Independent Scholar, Toronto November 16, 2019 This lecture, presented at The Frick Collection, was part of a two-day symposium, 'Competing Truths: Art and the Objects of History after the Council of Trent' organized by the Italian Academy of Columbia University and The Frick Art Reference Library.

William Stenhouse: "Concordant Truths from Early Christianity"

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"Concordant Truths from Early Christianity" by William Stenhouse, Professor of History, Yeshiva University November 16, 2019 This lecture, presented at The Frick Collection, was part of a two-day symposium, 'Competing Truths: Art and the Objects of History after the Council of Trent' organized by the Italian Academy of Columbia University and The Frick Art Reference Library.