Conferenza di Nina Kudiš su Alvise Gozzi e la pala di Tiziano

Much has been written about the famous Pala Gozzi, or rather Gozze, including in the recent catalog of the exhibition in Pieve di Cadore.

Over the decades, numerous and authoritative art historians have analyzed the style, iconography, historical, cultural, and artistic context of the creation of the work within the framework of Titian's production and Venetian painting in the early quarter of the 16th century.

However, the figure of the commissioner, Alvise Gozze, or Lujo Gučetić, a nobleman and merchant from Ragusa settled in Ancona, despite being depicted in the altarpiece with a portrait of great expressive intensity, has remained in the background compared to the historical-artistic analyses of Titian's masterpiece.

This conference aims to delve into the reasons for his stay in Ancona, the motivations that led him to commission the altarpiece from Titian, and more generally, his personality in the context of commercial relations between Ragusa and Ancona, as well as the history and importance of his family in the Republic of Ragusa.

Additionally, the customs and practices of the Ragusan society, the role of the aristocracy in the Republic of Ragusa in relation to that of Venice will be examined.

Finally, all these elements will contribute to a better understanding of every aspect of the extraordinary and highly evocative portrait of Alvise Gozzi created by Titian and will allow for an innovative reading of the work's iconography.

Nina Kudiš is a tenured professor in the Department of Art History at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Rijeka.

She graduated in Art History and English Language and Literature from the University of Zagreb, where she also obtained her PhD.

She was the first director of the newly established Department of Art History at the University of Rijeka from May 2003 to March 2006.

She has acted as a supervisor and co-supervisor of doctoral theses at the Universities of Zagreb, Zadar, and Ljubljana.

She has been a coordinator and collaborator on several Croatian and international research projects.

She has received numerous awards for her research work (Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Croatian Museum Association, Croatian Society of Art Historians, University of Rijeka).

Her research focus is Venetian painting from the late 16th to the early 18th century in Istria and Dalmatia (co-author of the award-winning book Istria Pittorica, Trieste-Rovinj 2005), but also in Venice, Veneto, and beyond.