Love, Italian Renaissance Style
Guest Lectures
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54m
Dr. Sally J. Cornelison
Just in time for Valentine’s Day! The theme of love, as well as its possible pitfalls, was represented in a variety of artistic media during the Italian Renaissance. This webinar will explore paintings and frescoes created to celebrate marriage and encourage procreation, scenes of the loves of pagan gods and goddesses, and erotic prints, drawings, and sculptures. Many of these works were made to decorate homes, others were presented as gifts, and because of their salacious visual content, some were even censored by religious authorities.
For images, Correggio’s "Jupiter and Io," Giulio Romano’s “Two Lovers,” and the frescoes of Polyphemus or Jupiter and Juno from Annibale Carracci’s Farnese Gallery would be fine. I have all of these and more if you’d like me to save you some time hunting them down.
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