“Mantua – City of Romeo, Rigoletto and Romano”

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Rocky Ruggiero, Ph.D.

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Italian Masterpieces, Lectures, Online Courses, Webinars

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WEBINAR RECORDING | “Mantua – City of Romeo, Rigoletto and Romano”
Presented by Dr. Rocky Ruggiero

The city of Mantua was a thriving artistic center during the Renaissance when it was ruled over by the Gonzaga family. Not only were the Gonzaga great lords, but also great patrons of the arts. Marquis Ludovico III Gonzaga brought the great Andrea Mantegna to Mantua to serve as his court artist and commissioned Leon Battista Alberti to build the city’s great Basilica Sant’Andrea. Ludovico’s great-grandson, Federico II, would instead bring the great Giulio Romano to Mantua to build and decorate his pleasure palace, known as the Palazzo Te. This webinar will examine the extraordinary art, architecture and history of this great northern Italian Renaissance city.

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Lectures 1
Quizzes 0
Duration 50 minutes
Skill level All levels
Language English
Students 7
Assessments Yes

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.”