The University of Delaware, the University of Malta, and the Embassy of
Malta to the USA are pleased to announce the following symposium:

Caravaggio and the Knights of Malta:
a 400-Year Perspective: A Symposium Celebrating the Quadricentennial of
Caravaggio's Historic Visit to the Island of Malta

Washington, DC, Friday, Oct. 24, 2008

Program

Friday, 24 October 2008
1:30pm to 5:00pm
National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C.

Organizer:
David M. Stone, Department of Art History, University of Delaware
Sponsors:
University of Delaware; University of Malta; Embassy of Malta to the U.S.A.

Program

1:30pm

Welcome:

H.E. Mark Miceli, Ambassador of Malta

David M. Stone, Associate Chair, Department of Art History, University of
Delaware

1:45 - 4:45pm

Lectures:

Keith Sciberras (University of Malta)
"Knight Errant: Caravaggio and the Order of St. John in Malta"

Catherine Puglisi (Rutgers University)
"Maltese Export, Florentine Import: Caravaggio's Sleeping Cupid"

David M. Stone (University of Delaware)
"Signature Killer: Caravaggio and the Poetics of Blood"

Panel Discussion

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National Museum of Women in the Arts
1250 New York Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20005-3970
202-783-5000, 1-800-222-7270
for directions and museum information, please see:
http://www.nmwa.org/About/

Check www.udel.edu/ArtHistory for updates and a pdf of the program.

Admission Free; Registration Required: email: Deb Morris at
morrisdudel.edu to register
(Please include your academic or institutional affiliation, if any, in your
registration request.)