Saturday, February 21st Live on Zoom 10am Los Angeles / 1pm New York / 6pm London / 7pm Florence One might have trouble imagining a connection between the works of the master French sculptor Auguste Rodin (1840–1917) and the art of ancient Egypt.  However, Rodin was a great admirer of the art of antiquity and over the course of his life, he amassed a sizable collection of artifacts from Greece, Rome, and Egypt.  In his final years, Egypt became a particular source of fascination for Rodin and...

Saturday, February 7th Live on Zoom 10am Los Angeles / 1pm New York / 6pm London / 7pm Florence Dive into the intimate history of cosmetics, and discover how, for centuries, women have turned to makeup as a rich source of creativity, community, and resistance.  The Renaissance was an era obsessed with appearances.  Beauty culture from the time has left traces that give us a window into an overlooked realm of history – revealing everything from 16 th  century women's body anxieties to their...

Saturday, January 31st Live on Zoom 10am Los Angeles / 1pm New York / 6pm London / 7pm Florence What impact did ancient art have on Italian Renaissance artists?  One key lesson, often overlooked, was how to express powerful emotions, especially suffering.  We see this in the transformation of Filippino Lippi's (1457–1504) art after he left his native Florence, lived in Rome (1489–93), and enriched his visual vocabulary.  When Filippino returned home to Florence, he painted an ancient story,...