“Italian Painting after the Black Death”

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Rocky Ruggiero, Ph.D.

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Italian Masterpieces, Lectures, Online Courses, Webinars

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WEBINAR RECORDING | “Italian Painting after the Black Death”
Presented by Dr. Rocky Ruggiero⠀

Not surprisingly, a general existential pessimism permeated post-Black Death Europe, and this pessimism was nowhere better expressed than in art. While pre-plague art favored optimism and a celebration of life – particularly in the revolutionary painting of Giotto – post-plague art tended to be obsessed with pain, suffering, and images of death. The style of post-plague art also moved away from naturalizing and humanizing qualities towards a new emphasis on supernatural mysticism. This webinar will examine the art produced in Italy in the immediate wake of the Black Death to determine whether a post-Black Death style of art actually existed.

The webinar recording consists of a 45-minute lecture.

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Lectures 1
Quizzes 0
Duration 50 minutes
Skill level All levels
Language English
Students 23
Assessments Yes

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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.”