EXCLUSIVE WEBINARS | "Exclusive Webinars in November"

1. Thursday, November 2, 2023 | "Illuminating Caravaggio: Light and Dark in and around His Paintings" with Dr. Gary Radke | 2:00 - 3:00pm ET | 11:00am - 12:00pm PT | 6:00 - 7:00pm London (Please note the time change)
2. Thursday, November 9, 2023 | "Michelangelo's Myth: Between Politics and Fiction” with Dr. Marcello Simonetta | 2:00 - 3:00pm ET | 11:00am - 12:00pm PT | 7:00 - 8:00pm London
3. Thursday, November 16, 2023 | "The Last Days of Rome: The Epic Downfall of an Empire" with Ross King | 2:00 - 3:00pm ET | 11:00am - 12:00pm PT | 7:00 - 8:00pm London
4. Thursday, November 30, 2023 | "Florence: A City of Merchants" with Dr. Fabrizio Ricciardelli | 2:00 - 3:00pm ET | 11:00am - 12:00pm PT | 7:00 - 8:00pm London

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

Please note:

• Your participation for all four exclusive webinars is confirmed once you have purchased your bundle. You will receive a reminder 24 hours before each event and the Zoom link to join each presentation circa 30 minutes before the start time.
• VIDEO RECORDINGS of all of the exclusive webinars will be available for unlimited streaming at your convenience for 7 days after the event.

EXCLUSIVE WEBINAR | "Illuminating Caravaggio: Light and Dark in and around His Paintings" 
Presented by Dr. Gary Radke

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571-1610) revolutionized European painting with his dramatically lit compositions.  Never before had an artist made darkness such an equal partner with light, inspiring an international vogue for scenes taking place at night and in minimally lit interiors. Join Gary Radke as he explains the origins and significance of Caravaggio’s tenebrist (shadowed) style and then introduces you to his new research on the actual settings in which Caravaggio’s religious paintings were seen. Many of Caravaggio’s works must have been very challenging to decipher before the invention of electric illumination. But by considering the dynamic effects of sunlight and candle light in these spaces and collaborating with experts in computer light simulation, Radke is beginning to reconstruct an historically accurate appreciation of the light around as well as in Caravaggio’s work.

EXCLUSIVE WEBINAR | "Michelangelo's Myth: Between Politics and Fiction"  
Presented by Dr. Marcello Simonetta

How did politics influence Michelangelo's career? Was he supported by the Medici or is this a myth built after his death? How fictional is the image we have of him as an artist without political inclinations? In this webinar we will try to address and answer all these questions.

EXCLUSIVE WEBINAR | "The Last Days of Rome: The Epic Downfall of an Empire" 
Presented by Ross King

The fall of the Roman Empire in 476 CE remains one of history’s most debated topics, with numerous theories attempting to explain the decline and collapse of the ancient world’s greatest power. This lecture will look at some of the most compelling reasons, from Christianity and barbarian invasions to plague, demographic problems and climate change.

EXCLUSIVE WEBINAR | "Brunelleschi: Inventing Renaissance Architecture"
Presented by Dr. Rocky Ruggiero

Goldsmith-turned-architect Filippo Brunelleschi is often described in both scholarly and popular accounts as the perfect balance of architect and engineer, visionary, and traditionalist. He was arguably the first to resurrect an architectural language that had been dead for a millennium and to re-establish that language as the foundation of Italian architecture for the next two and half centuries. In this exclusive webinar, Dr Rocky examines Brunelleschi’s extraordinary architectural career through his major buildings such as the Hospital of the Innocents, the Old Sacristy, the Basilicas of San Lorenzo and Santo Spirito, and the project that best defined the architect’s genius: the dome of Florence Cathedral.