28 Nov. 2025 - Book Launch: "Reforming Art in Renaissance Venice" - Mary Louise Lilywhite

On 28th November 2025 at 6pm, the Warwick Venice Centre is pleased to welcome Marie-Louise Lilywhite (Keble College, Oxford; Warwick Alumna (PhD 2013) for the launch of her new book Reforming Art in Renaissance Venice. The talk will be followed by a Q&A led by Warwick Art Historians and Historians, along with a drinks reception and a chance to meet the author.

The book's abstract is below:

"The spiritual turmoil of the sixteenth century had a profound impact on religious life throughout Italy. Art and architecture were directly

implicated in the seismic historical events of the age, as the Catholic Church countered Protestant iconoclasm through the embrace of

sacred images as decreed by the Council of Trent in 1563. In this volume, Marie-Louise Lillywhite considers the impact of religious

reform on the devotional art and architecture of sixteenth-century Venice. Interrogating early modern censorship, artistic liberty, notions

of decorum tied to depictions of the body, and the role of sacred images in the shaping of local identity, she shows how Venice, a

crossroads city exposed to a rich gamut of religious and artistic currents, serves as a fascinating case study through which to explore

these themes."

 

Please RSVP to venice@warwick.ac.uk