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“Florence and Siena: A Tale of Two Cities”
Presented by Dr. Rocky Ruggiero

During the thirteenth century, Florence and Siena were two of the wealthiest and most influential cities in the world. Much of their wealth was derived from the manufacturing and trade of wool textiles; but other industries, such as banking, were also born in Tuscany. The proximity of the cities not only eventually led to an intense economic and political rivalry, but an artistic one as well. This lecture will examine how the fourteenth-century art and architecture of these two cities reflect not only an intense sense of nationalism, but also one of the greatest periods of artistic production in history, with artists such as Giotto, Duccio, Simone Martini, Arnolfo di Cambio and Ambrogio Lorenzetti competing to demonstrate the greatness of their respective cities.

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Lecture TopicPlease choose a lecture topicA Renaissance ChristmasA Renaissance EasterBotticelli, Leonardo, Michelangelo, and the AntiqueBrunelleschi and the Building of the DomeCaravaggio – “The Cursed Painter”Florence and Siena: A Tale of Two CitiesGiotto – The Movie! – Cinematic aspects of the frescoes in the Scrovegni ChapelIl Gigante: Michelangelo and the Statue of DavidLeonardo, the Last Supper and the Art of Throwing a Great Dinner PartyMasterpieces of the Uffizi GalleryMedici: The Art of PowerMichelangelo and the Sistine Chapel CeilingMichelangelo and the Tomb TragedyMichelangelo: The First Modern ArtistMona Lisa’s Smile: Representation of Emotion in Italian Renaissance and Baroque ArtRenaissance Florence: The Art of MagnificenceRenaissance Pleasure PalacesRenaissancing RenoirReverence and Rivalry: Religious Art and Architecture in Siena, “the City of the Virgin”Roma: Caput MundiSaints, Symbols and SpaghettiThe Chapels that Defined the Renaissance: the Scrovegni, Brancacci and Sistine ChapelsThe Divine Michelangelo: His Life and His WorksThe Greatness of TuscanyThe Little Giant: How St. Francis of Assisi Changed the WorldThe Most Serene Republic: The Splendors of VeniceThe Renaissance in Northern ItalyTyranny and Justice: Civic Art and Architecture in Siena

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