EXCLUSIVE WEBINAR | “Taking it to the Streets: The Ritual World of Renaissance Italy”
Presented by Dr. Sally J. Cornelison
with Additional Commentary by Dr. Rocky Ruggiero

Relic and image processions, political ceremonies, ritual entries of rulers, visiting dignitaries, and high-ranking ecclesiastics, the celebration of saints’ canonizations and feast days, and the rituals associated with birth, marriage, and death were all important aspects of Renaissance visual and performative culture. This talk will explore art, architecture, and ritual performance in Italy via objects and images such as relics and reliquaries, painted processional banners, miraculous images, and commemorative paintings and prints, as well as the urban and domestic settings in which rituals took place and ritual objects were displayed.

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 one week after the event.

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.