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Christina Lamb Chakalova - Magnificence and Illusionistic Spectacle

MAP FORUM - 3 March 2026 Magnificence and Illusionistic Spectacle: Quadratura at the Belvedere of Prince Eugene of Savoy in Vienna Migrating artists and traveling artwork achieved the successful fashioning of the Belvedere, which is Prince Eugene of Savoy's (1663-1736) summer palace in Vienna that Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt (1668-1745) designed and constructed between 1697 and 1723. A manifestation of global artistic patronage, the Belvedere’s international compendium of art and rarities performed as a vibrant articulation of Prince Eugene’s vast wealth and sound governance on behalf of the Holy Roman Emperors. This talk explores just one aspect of the Belvedere’s magnificent outfitting. I will examine quadratura frescoes painted by the Bolognese specialists Marcantonio Chiarini (1652-1730) and Geatano Fanti (1687-1759). Their illusions enhance the Belvedere visually, but also intellectually, and reveal Prince Eugene’s great scientific curiosity. This study explores quadratura as an essential element of Prince Eugene’s vast collections of art and scientific objects which refine our understanding of the dynamic exchange between art, science, and technology during Europe’s early modern period. Christina Lamb Chakalova is an assistant professor of art at Hillsdale College. Christina’s research focuses on Italian Renaissance and Baroque art, with a particular emphasis on seventeenth-century Bolognese painting. Her scholarship also examines late Baroque art in imperial Austria. Christina served as the chair of the Emerging Scholars Committee of the Italian Art Society between 2024 and 2026. Christina’s research has been supported by the Central European History Society and the American Society for Eighteenth Century Studies. She is the author of Physical Movement and Devotional Spectacle: The Translation of Regina Coeli (Artibus et Historiae no. 91, 2025).