News Release

Homewood Museum, in cooperation with The Johns Hopkins University's Sheridan Libraries, presents the eighth annual Baltimore's Great Architects Symposium "Andrea Palladio from Rome to Baltimore" from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Friday, April 11, in the Graham Auditorium at the Walters Art Museum, 10 W. Centre Street, Baltimore.

An international panel of five distinguished scholars will explore current research on Italian Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio, one of the greatest architects of the Western world, and the lasting influence of Palladio on building design in America.

The symposium concludes with a reception from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at Homewood Museum, The Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, where attendees will have an opportunity to tour the Palladian-inspired Federal- era country house.

Registration is required for the symposium and is requested by April 7. Registration is $50 for the general public and $35 for Homewood Museum members, Friends of the Sheridan Libraries, and students with a valid student ID. AIA and ASID members will receive six AIA/CES HSW credits for the full program with registration. Additional registration and payment is required for an optional buffet lunch at the Garrett-Jacobs Mansion. For complete symposium information and to download the registration form, visit www.museums.jhu.edu/symposium.

The symposium was organized to commemorate the 500th anniversary of Palladio's birth, and is made possible in part by the Center for Palladian Studies and a generous grant from the Samuel H. Kress Foundation.

It is presented in association with the exhibition "Harmony to the Eyes: Charting Palladio's Architecture from Rome to Baltimore," jointly organized by Homewood Museum and the Sheridan Libraries and on view from March 14 to June 17 at the George Peabody Library.

Both the symposium and exhibition are part of the Baltimore Festival of Maps, a citywide celebration of mapping from March 15 through June 8 with more than 45 exhibitions, tours, seminars, performances, lectures, hands-on activities, workshops and films. For the complete schedule of Baltimore Festival of Maps activities, visit www.BaltimoreFestivalofMaps.com.

Symposium Program

9:30 - 11:45 a.m.
Morning Session

Welcoming Remarks — Winston Tabb, Sheridan Dean of University Libraries and director of JHU Museums, The Johns Hopkins University

Introductions — Stephen Campell, Department of the History of Art, The Johns Hopkins University

"Palladio's Rome" — Vaughan Hart and Peter Hicks, Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering, University of Bath

"Palladio and the Face of Battle: The Illustrated Editions of Julius Caesar and Polybius" — Guido Beltramini, Centro Internazionale di Studi di Architettura Andrea Palladio, Vicenza

1:30 - 4 p.m.
Afternoon Session

"Palladio's Publics" — Tracy E. Cooper, Tyler School of Art, Temple University

"Palladio in America" — Calder Loth, senior architectural historian, Virginia Department of Historic Resources

"Laurence Hall Fowler and the Maryland Hall of Records: The Architect as Archivist and Architectural Historian" — Edward C. Papenfuse, Maryland State Archivist

4:30 - 6:30 p.m.
Reception at Homewood Museum

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About Homewood Museum
A National Historic Landmark built in 1801 by Charles Carroll Jr. and one of the nation's best surviving examples of Federal period architecture, Homewood Museum is renowned for its elegant proportions, extravagant details, and superb collection of American decorative arts. The museum is open for guided tours on the half-hour 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, and 12 to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday (last tour at 3:30). It is located on the Johns Hopkins Homewood campus at 3400 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, Md. 21218. For general information, the public may call 410-516-5589 or visit www.museums.jhu.edu..