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EXCLUSIVE WEBINAR | “At Home with the Borgia: Pope Alexander VI and the Borgia Vatican Apartments”

Presented by Dr. Rocky Ruggiero

More than a decade before Raphael decorated the apartments of Pope Julius II, the Perugian painter Pinturicchio frescoed the apartments of Pope Alexander VI (Rodrigo Borgia) one floor below. Five of the six rooms were decorated in a complex iconographic scheme that in many ways prefigured the program of Raphael’s Stanze. For a pope best known for his immorality, ferociousness and nepotism, the sophisticated imagery of the paintings combines both Christian and classical subjects and instead reveal a particularly enlightened patron who displayed discerning taste in employing one of Italy’s most celebrated painters to decorate his apartments.

The webinar will include a 45-minute lecture followed by 15-minutes of Q&A.

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• Your participation is confirmed once you have purchased your ticket. You will receive the Zoom Link to join the presentation circa 30 minutes before the start time.
• VIDEO RECORDING of the webinar will be available for unlimited streaming at your convenience for one week after the event.