Name: EXCLUSIVE WEBINAR | "Brides, Grooms, and the Visual Culture of Betrothal and Marriage in Renaissance Italy" with Dr. Sally J. Cornelison
SKU: 80825
Price: 25.00 USD
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EXCLUSIVE WEBINAR | “Brides, Grooms, and the Visual Culture of Betrothal and Marriage in Renaissance Italy”
Presented by Dr. Sally J. Cornelison
with Additional Commentary by Dr. Rocky Ruggiero

Marriage in Renaissance Italy involved careful negotiations between families, exchanges of gifts, and commissions for furnishings and works of art to decorate a new couple’s home. This talk will explore images and objects related to marriage such as portraits, jewelry, painted chests known as cassoni, and both sacred and secular wall paintings.

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

Please note:

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 7 days after the event.

Lecturer

Dr. Sally J. Cornelison is the director of the Florence Graduate Program in Italian Renaissance art for Syracuse University and a specialist in the history of Italian late medieval and Renaissance religious art. She teaches a variety of courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels on the history of sacred, as well as secular, art and architecture in early modern Italy. Many of her publications concern art, devotion, ritual, and patronage as they relate to the cult of saints and relics in Renaissance Florence. More recently, the focus of her research has been the sacred art of Giorgio Vasari, and she is currently completing a book on Giorgio Vasari’s work at the prestigious church of the Pieve in his hometown of Arezzo