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,...

Saturday, December 13 th Live on Zoom 6pm London, 7pm Florence, 10am Los Angeles, 1pm New York The pièce de résistance  of the artworks in the Santa Trinità church in Florence is without doubt one of the finest and most complete remaining Renaissance chapels – the Capella Sassetti,  and those frescoes (1486) are among Domenico Ghirlandaio's  finest work. The episodes of the life of St. Francis are embellished by contemporary Florentine settings and personalities.  The altarpiece, a...

Saturday, December 6th Live on Zoom 6pm London, 7pm Florence, 10am Los Angeles, 1pm New York Revered as one of the greatest artists in history, Michelangelo Buonarroti lived an extraordinarily long and productive life in a period marked by peace and war, religious change, and political upheaval. In addition to his sculptures, paintings, drawings, architectural designs, and a vast and diverse collection of letters, personal notes, documents, and contracts, the artist left behind a rich and...