#106 How Much Did Michelangelo Borrow from Classical Greece? A Conversation with Kim Hoffnagle

Saturday, October 4th Live on Zoom

6pm London, 7pm Florence, 10am Los Angeles, 1pm New York

It may be surprising to some that Michelangelo had “borrowed” from Classical Greece. As with so many topics in the Greco-Roman tradition, the Greeks themselves began by amalgamating their influences from other civilizations, and then innovating – at least as far as the West is concerned – in an extraordinarily long list of areas across the arts and sciences.  While Ancient Greek art and aesthetics are certainly not monolithic, a trip to the Acropolis Museum is enough to illustrate a rapid evolution, from what seems an overt blend of the Mesopotamian and Egyptian traditions, through the Classical wonders which anyone would later recognize from Ancient Rome and even the Italian Renaissance. 

Our guide will be artist and historian Kim Hoffnagle, who graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design in Printmaking in 1993, worked as a gallery and artist assistant in New York City, and spent time there designing textiles before settling in Athens, Greece, in 2002.  Now a visiting faculty member at the Hellenic American College in Athens, he teaches studio courses on art and design, as well as art appreciation. Since 2021, he has also given historical tours in Athens and the Peloponnese, an occupation which he finds continually inspiring and has led him to pursue a Master's degree in Greek and Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology. 

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This talk is free for Friends of Paola's Studiolo!

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