On-Line/Live Event
FREE WEBINAR | “The Great Churches of Venice” with Dr. Rocky Ruggiero
October 14, 2025
1 hour
ONLINE ART HISTORY COURSE
“The Renaissance of Painting in Venice” Part III
LIVE ART HISTORY COURSE with Dr. Rocky Ruggiero
Dates & Times:
Wednesdays
January 21, 28 and February 4, 2026
11:30am – 12:45pm ET | 8:30 – 9:45am PT |
4:30 – 5:45pm London
ONLINE ART HISTORY COURSE
“The Renaissance of Painting in Venice” Part III
Course Description:
The first two decades of the 16th century were an extraordinary time for Venetian painting. Artists such as Giovanni Bellini and Vittore Carpaccio, who had played vital roles in creating a Venetian school of painting, were still active. But a younger generation of artists with names such as Giorgione, Titian, Tintoretto, and Paolo Veronese would entirely transform the Venetian early Renaissance into what Giorgio Vasari coined as “maniera moderna,” or what we call today, the High Renaissance. This course will trace the evolution of Venetian painting and its protagonists during the 16th century in order to better understand how the Venetian school of painting not only blossomed during this period but also emerged as the major rival of central Italian painting and its protagonists such as Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Raphael.
Course Objectives:
Virtual Classroom: Full access to an online educational platform with videos of recordings, syllabus, and readings.
Credits: Certificate of Completion
Location: LIVE INTERACTIVE ON-LINE ART HISTORY LECTURES
Optional Readings: Information will be provided 2 weeks before the start of the course.
Complete syllabus will be provided upon registration.
Part III
Lecture 1 – Titian: The Mature and Later Years
Wednesday, January 21
After the death of Giorgione in 1510 and Sebastiano del Piombo’s departure to Rome in 1511, Titian became Venice’s leading painter. His unique vision for altarpieces, portraits, and mythologies quickly became the new language of European art and Titian would enjoy an illustrious career working for popes and emperors.
Lecture 2 – Tintoretto and The Art of “Prestezza”
Wednesday, January 28
Jacopo Robusti, better known as “Tintoretto,” was perhaps the only painter to challenge Titian’s monopoly of important commissions in Venice in the 16th century. Tintoretto’s most characteristic works were large-scale religious canvases where he employed his technique of “Prestezza” – the use of rapid brushstrokes to make impressions of objects rather than realizing them in detail. His speed of execution and the unprecedented boldness of his brushwork earned him both praise and criticism from his contemporaries.
Lecture 3 – Paolo Veronese: Magnificence and Spectacle
Wednesday, February 4
When Paolo Veronese arrived in Venice in 1550, he was already a mature artist. Yet, he aligned his art with local Venetian tradition, essentially combining 15th century convention with the more advanced classical tastes of the later 16th century. He is perhaps best celebrated as a supreme colorist and painter of large-scale history paintings.
