Books at San Giorgio, a series of meetings presenting the latest publications concerning or by
the Fondazione Cini, has now reached its twelfth edition.

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On 29 March, the featured book, Illusione scenica e pratica teatrale. Atti del Conference Internazionale di studi in onore di Elena Povoledo, edited by Maria Ida Biggi (Le Lettere, Florence, 2016), brings together the results of the conference in honour of Elena Povoledo, held at the Fondazione Giorgio Cini on 16 and 17 November 2015. Thanks to the contribution of international scholars and lecturers, the Institute of Theatre and Opera duly commemorated this pioneering figure in the study of the relations between the figurative arts and theatre.

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Next up, on 11 April, is the Catalogo descrittivo dei manoscritti del Fondo Alain Daniélou della Fondazione Giorgio Cini, edited by Nicola Biondi. Published in the “Intersezioni Musicali” series, promoted by the Intercultural Institute for Comparative Music Studies, this catalogue is the initial result of the long, meticulous task of re-ordering and analysing the Daniélou Archive with its over 200, mainly Sanskrit manuscripts. The catalogue will be presented by Lars-Christian Koch, director of the Phonogramm-Archiv, Berlin, an expert on Indian music, and Antonio Rigopoulos, professor of Sanskrit at Ca’ Foscari University, Venice.

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The last presentation, on 19 April, will focus on Roberto De Feo’s Giuseppe Borsato 1770-1849, published by the Institute of Art History in its series “Saggi e profili di arte veneta”. This is the first monograph with a catalogue raisonné devoted to the multifaceted, early 19th-century Venetian artist, who was not only an easel and fresco painter, but also a stage and furniture designer, and ornamentalist.