Dr. Meghan Callahan

In 1768, 36 artists and architects founded the Royal Academy to promote and teach art. Two women, Mary Moser and Angelica Kauffman, were among the founding group. Moser was primarily known for flower paintings – at mural size -- and Kauffman was a portraitist and history pain...

Dr. Laurinda Dixon

Jan van Eyck (c. 1400 –1441) is honored as the father of Northern Renaissance painting. His unique and revelatory works were sought, emulated, and praised universally in both Italy and Northern Europe. Van Eyck’s style encompasses all the key elements of northern painting th...

Lorenzo Ghiberti (c. 1378 - 1455): Artist and Entrepreneur

Dr. Gary Radke

When Lorenzo Ghiberti wrote that “few things of importance were made in our city that were not designed or devised by my hand” he was hardly boasting. Ghiberti’s creative energies spanned the entire first half of the fift...