“Italy’s Great Monuments: San Gimignano’s Towers”

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Rocky Ruggiero, Ph.D.

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WEBINAR RECORDING | “Italy’s Great Monuments: San Gimignano’s Towers”

Presented by Dr. Rocky Ruggiero

Known as “the city of beautiful towers”, the Tuscan hill town of San Gimignano boasts 13 preserved medieval tower houses, rising above the picturesque Elsa Valley. The beautiful cathedral of San Gimignano, known as the Collegiata, instead houses one of the most sinister fresco cycles of the Middle Ages. Attributed to a mysterious artist named Barna Da Siena, the frescoes are often used as an example of a “post-Black Death style” of painting. Join Dr. Rocky for this free webinar to discover the medieval magic of San Gimignano.

The webinar recording consists of a 45-minute lecture.

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Lectures 1
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Duration 50 minutes
Skill level All levels
Language English
Students 21
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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.”