Saturday, April 4th Live on Zoom 10am Los Angeles / 1pm New York / 6pm London / 7pm Florence Painter and portraitist Nicholas Todhunter returns to Paola’s Studiolo  to discuss the work of Jacopo Tintoretto (1518–1594), described as Venice’s most dramatic painter—a whirlwind of speed, shadow, and swagger.  Nicknamed Il Furioso  for his wild energy, he painted saints like stage actors, miracles like lightning strikes, and ceilings as if gravity were optional.  Tintoretto worked fast, thought...

Saturday, March 28th Live on Zoom 10am Los Angeles / 1pm New York / 6pm London / 7pm Florence During his all-too-brief career, Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino, better known as Raphael (1483-1520), frequently benefited from the patronage of women and painted works intended for female viewers ranging from nuns to noblewomen. Raphael’s women patrons and viewers came from different social classes and were often linked via bonds of kinship, marriage, and friendship. This conversation with Sheryl Reiss...

Saturday, March 21st Live on Zoom 10am Los Angeles / 1pm New York / 6pm London / 7pm Florence Professor Elizabeth Lev will discuss the astonishing life of Caterina Riario Sforza (1463 –1509), one of the most prominent women of Renaissance Italy, who was a wife, mother, leader, and warrior, fierce enough to make Machiavelli himself wince.  In her biography, Elizabeth Lev examines Caterina's extraordinary life and accomplishments. Raised in the court of Milan and wed at the age of ten to Pope...