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EXCLUSIVE WEBINAR | “The Muses Behind the Masters” with Dr. Rocky Ruggiero
September 25, 2025
1 hour
$25.00
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“Exclusive Webinars in October”
Presented by Dr. Rocky Ruggiero and special guests Dr. Laurinda Dixon and Dr. John Paoletti
Dates & Times:
Thursday, October 16, 23 & 30, 2025
2:00 – 3:00pm ET | 11:00am – 12:00pm PT |
7:00 – 8:00pm London | *Oct. 30: 6:00 – 7:00pm London* (due to time change)
EXCLUSIVE WEBINARS | “Exclusive Webinars in October”
Each webinar will include a 45-minute lecture followed by 15-minutes of Q&A.
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EXCLUSIVE WEBINAR | “Mending the Soul: The Virgin Mary as Needleworker”
Presented by Dr. Laurinda Dixon
Throughout art history, the Virgin Mary always appears as a paragon of womanhood – virtuous, beautiful, devout, humble, and of course, chaste. In the Renaissance, her traditional roles as the Virgin Annunciate, Madonna lactans (suckling her child), and queen of Heaven expanded to include those of needleworker and weaver. In art, she spins, weaves, embroiders, and knits, all in selfless service to God and her family. Artists depicted these activities with technical exactitude and humble familiarity, as essential tasks that defined women’s routine domestic duties. Why this change? Is there Biblical precedent for depicting Mary as consummate needleworker? In a larger sense, what did these images communicate to ordinary women in the Renaissance and beyond?
EXCLUSIVE WEBINAR | “Rethinking Fra Angelico”
Presented by Dr. John Paoletti
Fra Angelico (born Guido di Pietro, c.1400) has been burdened with the alias of “Angelic” since his own time, a descriptor that has skewed our reading of his quite prolific output in paintings, frescoes and illuminations. His vocation as a Dominican monk has also obscured the fact that he worked for some of the most powerful patrons of his time in Florence and Rome, all of which should raise questions about the presumed “innocence” of his painting. I would like to test whether the categories of rhetoric for written arguments during Fra Angelico’s lifetime give us a new way to understand how a presumed simple monk became the chosen artist both for wealthy citizens and elevated churchmen. And how do we, as viewers, fit into the personal, patronal and religious narratives of Fra Angelico’s paintings.
EXCLUSIVE WEBINAR | “Caressing Marble: The Life and Works of Antonio Canova”
Presented by Dr. Rocky Ruggiero
Antonio Canova was Europe’s most famous artist at the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries. His sublime Neoclassical sculptures – such as “Cupid and Psyche,” ”Perseus with the Head of Medusa,” and the “Venus Victrix” (Paolina Bonaparte, younger sister of the emperor) – are some of the most beautiful in history. In this exclusive webinar, Dr, Rocky will explore the life and career of the great Italian sculptor.
