The conference will be held at the University of Cassino and Southern Latium (Cassino, FR) and at the Academia Belgica and Koninklijk Nederlands Instituut (Rome). The international conference will be focused on the relationships and the exchanges between artists and humanists in the world of Roman and Florentine academies, during the 16th-17th centuries. Speakers: Carla Chiummo, Paola Cosentino, Jane Everson, Diletta Gamberini, Antonio Geremicca, Carlo Alberto Girotto, Harald Hendrix, Ambra Moroncini, Michele Nicolaci, Carmelo Occhipinti, Enrico Parlato, Paolo Procaccioli, Marco Pupillo, Massimiliano Rossi, Emilio Russo, Sebastian Schütze, Francesco Solinas, Maria Cristina Terzaghi, Laura Teza, Patrizia Tosini, Ginette Vagenheim.