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CONTENT CONFEREN E TH ME
landscapes have also emerged, and their expressions of
modernity have already become a part of contemporary
history, while the very interpretation of landscape has
changed and has extended to encompass intellectual as
well as visual connotations.
Italy’s cultural landscapes have been changing.
Although endangered by urban and industrial
development, many of her celebrated landscapes
have been preserved: they may have changed but they
have not been deprived of their ancient charm. New
Ambrogio Lorenzetti, Allegoria ed Effetti del Buono e del Cattivo Governo (1338-1339), Effetti del Buon Governo in campagna (Allegory and Effects of Good and Bad
Government, Effects of Good Government) Fresco – Siena, Sala del Consiglio dei Nove o della Pace, Palazzo Pubblico2
Inviting colleagues from all over the world to the 24th
General Conference of ICOM, which will be held in Milan
from 3 to 9 July, 2016, the Italian National Committee
offers a themedear to Italianmuseology: therelationship
between museums and cultural landscapes.
This is a central issue for Italy, but also a strategic
perspective for museums around the world as we enter
the third millennium.
This theme presents both an opportunity and a
challenge for museums to revive their mission and
strengthen their cultural and social role.
2 The frescos depict the rural and urban landscape of Siena. It is the first time in the history of Italian painting, the landscape becomes the main subject of a painting.
At the same time it is invoked to propose a topical political message: that of „good governance” of the community and the region.
(July 2014):
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Museums, territorial system
in Brescia (November 2015):
see the selected papers.