Michelangelo: A Beginner’s Guide to His Genius
Tuesday Programs | Available
Four lectures by Gary Radke
Tuesdays and Thursdays
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Challenging Antiquity
October 27
Michelangelo learned the lessons of antiquity and surpassed them, creating the Pieta and the David while still a young man.
Envisioning Sacred History
October 29
Michelangelo, primarily a sculptor, painted biblical scenes, heroic figures, and fictive architecture on the Sistine ceiling.
Commemorating the High and Mighty
November 3
A proponent of the Florentine republic, Michelangelo nevertheless eagerly accepted private commissions for funerary monuments from the Medicis and Pope Julius II.
Contemplating Death and Resurrection
November 5
An old man obsessed with his own eternal destiny, Michelangelo painted The Last Judgement and carved the Pieta's for his own tomb.