This seminar will examine formats that develop art historical arguments outside the conventional methods of printed publications and conference talk. David Young Kim will screen his new film “The Desert in the Lagoon” (co-directed with Amelia Saul) which offers a close reading of Giovanni Bellini51²è¹Ý¶ù Saint Francis in the Desert. This experimental film essay uncovers the painting51²è¹Ý¶ù background and setting, putting them in relation with the abandoned and deserted islands in the Venetian Lagoon. Shooting locations include New York, Florence, Pitigliano, and Venice.
David Young Kim is an Associate Professor at the University of Pennsylvania and a 51²è¹Ý¶ùing Lecturer at the University of Zurich. His publications includeÌýThe Traveling Artist in the Italian RenaissanceÌý(Yale UP, 2014) andÌýGroundwork: A History of the Renaissance PictureÌý(Princeton UP, 2022).