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EXCLUSIVE WEBINAR | “Reframing the Renaissance: The Pre-Raphaelites”
Presented by Dr. Meghan Callahan
with Additional Commentary by Dr. Rocky Ruggiero

In the 1850s, a group of artists including William Holman Hunt, Dante Gabriel Rossetti and John Everett Millais declared themselves the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. The art critic John Ruskin promoted their desire to return English painting to the pure Italian style prior to developments by Michelangelo and Raphael. Inspired by the literature of Boccaccio and Dante, the Brothers created fantasy worlds in their paintings and poetry.

This talk will examine early Renaissance sources for the Pre-Raphaelite brotherhood, and delve into the meanings within their 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. Meghan Callahan has lived and worked in London since 2006. Like Rocky, she earned her Master’s degree in Art History from Syracuse University as a Florence Fellow. She has a Ph.D. in Art History from Rutgers University. Meghan is the Director of Ithaca College London, where she teaches a history course called Underground London.

She worked on the reinstallation of the Medieval and Renaissance Galleries at the Victoria and Albert Museum, and then with the sculpture dealer Patricia Wengraf. Meghan has published various articles and essays on the 16th-century mystic nun Sister Domenica da Paradiso, miraculous paintings in Renaissance Florence, and Italian Renaissance and Baroque sculpture.