NSU Art Museum LIVE Virtual Lecture | “That’s Entertainment: Leisure, Spectacle, and Pageantry in Italian Renaissance Art”
Presented by Dr. Rocky Ruggiero
With additional commentary by Bonnie Clearwater
In Renaissance Italy, recreation and leisure were expressions of civility and cultural refinement. Theatrical representations, musical performances, banquets, games, jousts, and public ceremony were just as vital to early modern Italian society as the extraordinary art and architecture that it produced. Not only did a great deal of the art of the period showcase leisure, but many of the Renaissance’s greatest artists, such as Brunelleschi and Leonardo da Vinci, employed their talents in the field. This presentation will examine the tradition of leisure and entertainment in Renaissance Italy by examining those artists and works that best represented it.
The presentation is free for Museum members; $5/person non-members.
Registration is closed for this event.
