#114 Filippino Lippi, and the Ancient Language of Suffering: A Conversation with Professor Jonathan Nelson

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, the Death of Laocoön, for the Medici villa at Poggio a Caiano.  This magnificent but little-known preparatory drawing, on view in the Cleveland Museum of Art’s current exhibition "Filippino Lippi and Rome", lets us look over Filippino’s shoulder as he creates a new style—and provides a wonderful introduction to this exhibition.

Jonathan Nelson, professor of art history at Syracuse University Florence, is the leading authority on Filippino Lippi.  His numerous books include studies of Lippi, Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Plautilla Nelli; and his most recent book (and the subject of his last Studiolo talk) is Risks in Renaissance Art: Production, Purchase, and Reception.

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Minimum suggested donation: $28

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

Look forward to seeing you on Zoom!