The Beautiful Women of the Renaissance
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Dr. Rocky Ruggiero
The Italian Renaissance produced many of the world’s most beautiful depictions of women. Join Dr. Rocky for this webinar as he explores the representation of female beauty in the works of Renaissance masters such as Giotto, Lippi, Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael, and Titian!
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