Conférence: "It’s Complicated: Landscapes and the Dynamics of Unfolding in Medieval and Early Modern Painting", Rome, Bibliotheca Hertziana, le 23 février 2026

The term of “unfolding” is frequently used within phenomenological approaches to landscape. Gerd Micheluzzi reconsiders its analytical promise by examining medieval and early modern landscape representations, informed by an experimental pilgrimage along the Via Francigena. Since at least Georg Simmel, notions such as manyfold, enfolding, or unfolding have echoed through landscape discourse—most notably in the writings of Tim Ingold, Lucius Burckhardt, and François Jullien. Central to these a...