Rocky Ruggiero, Ph.D.
Rocky Ruggiero has been a professor of Art and Architectural History since 1999. He received his BA from the College of the Holy Cross and a Master of Arts degree from Syracuse University, where he was awarded a prestigious Florence Fellowship in 1996. He furthered his art historical studies at the University of Exeter, UK, where he received a Ph.D. in Art History and Visual Culture. In addition to lecturing for various American universities in Florence, Italy, including Syracuse, Kent State, Vanderbilt, and Boston College, Rocky has starred in various TV documentaries concerning the Italian Renaissance. He has appeared as an expert witness in the History Channel’s “Engineering an Empire: Da Vinci’s World” and “Museum Secrets: the Uffizi Gallery”, as well as the recent NatGeo/NOVA PBS program on Brunelleschi’s dome entitled “Great Cathedral Mystery.”
Episode XIV: Venus of Urbino by Titian
1 Lesson10 StudentsEpisode XIII: School of Athens by Raphael Sanzio
1 Lesson6 StudentsEpisode XII: Sistine Chapel Ceiling by Michelangelo Buonarroti
1 Lesson11 StudentsEpisode XI: David by Michelangelo Buonarroti
1 Lesson10 StudentsEpisode X: Mona Lisa by Leonardo Da Vinci
1 Lesson5 StudentsEpisode IX: Pietà by Michelangelo Buonarroti
1 Lesson13 StudentsEpisode VIII: Last Supper by Leonardo Da Vinci
1 Lesson13 StudentsEpisode VII: Birth of Venus by Alessandro Botticelli
1 Lesson9 StudentsEpisode VI: La Primavera by Alessandro Botticelli
1 Lesson11 StudentsEpisode V: David by Donatello
1 Lesson4 StudentsEpisode IV: Holy Trinity by Masaccio
1 Lesson9 StudentsEpisode III: Gates of Paradise by Lorenzo Ghiberti
1 Lesson5 StudentsEpisode II: Brunelleschi and the Dome of Florence Cathedral
1 Lesson21 StudentsEpisode I: The Competition Panels by Ghiberti and Brunelleschi
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