The Afterlife of a Masterpiece: Renaissance Art through the Centuries by Emily Fenichel, Ph.D. If one studies the history of art, it becomes clear that the Renaissance was a moment in time to which artists have continually returned for inspiration. Artists such Leonardo, Titian, Michelangelo, and Raphael were – and still are – constantly reinterpreted by modern artists. This talk will explore the legacy of Renaissance masterpieces and how they live on in the art of the 17th, 18th, 19th,…

The Myth of Florence: Civic Pride, Competition and Symbolism  in Early Renaissance Architecture The builders of Renaissance Florence saw as their duty not only to modernize the city and create lasting monuments to the spirit of humanism, but also to honor the republic which fashioned herself as the “new Rome.” An appetite for rediscovering the wisdom of antiquity and a fierce sense of competition guided the unprecedented building campaigns of the 14th and 15th centuries, ushering in one of the…