Dr. Rocky Ruggiero

While the ground floor of the Borghese Gallery in Rome, Italy, showcases the great sculptures of Gian Lorenzo Bernini, the upper floor contains one of the world’s most important collections of Renaissance paintings. Join Dr. Rocky for this webinar as he explores the painted tr...

Leon Battista Alberti in Exile: Tracing the path to the First Modern Book on Painting
Dr. Peter Weller

The prodigy poet, playwright, architect, painter, and humanist savant Leon Battista Alberti emerged in 1435 with “De pictura” ['On Painting'], the modern era's earliest discourse on Western art...

Dr. Rocky Ruggiero

Few subjects in medieval European art stir pathos like the Crucifixion. Renaissance greats such as Donatello, Fra Angelico, Nicola Pisano, Raphael, and Tintoretto all produced moving interpretations of the subject. Join Dr. Rocky for this webinar as he counts down the top 10 C...

Dr. Rocky Ruggiero

In 17th-century Rome, Cardinal Scipione Borghese, nephew of Pope Paul V, assembled one of the greatest art collections in history for his uncle’s villa. His eclectic taste combined works from ancient times through to his own contemporary Baroque artists, such as the tormented ...

Dr. Rocky Ruggiero

Founded by the Phoenicians nearly 3,000 years ago, Palermo subsequently became a Greek, Carthaginian, Roman, Arab, and Norman city. This mix of civilizations is palpable in Palermo art, architecture, food, and customs of the city. Join Dr. Rocky for this webinar where will exp...

Dr. Rocky Ruggiero

By the end of the 15th century, there were over 130 churches in Venice. Churches were not only a way to express religious devotion, but also venues for Venetians to display their wealth through artistic commissions. Join Dr Rocky for this webinar as he explores the great churc...

Dr. Balbina Y. Hwang

The explosive popularity of K-Pop (music and dance by Korean performers) has become a global phenomenon in recent years, riding along an enormous surge of interest in the “Korean Wave” or Hallyu, which encompasses other forms of popular culture including K-Dramas, Korean cui...

Dr. Rocky Ruggiero

In Renaissance Italy, art became the most effective means for public, private and religious individuals, and institutions to communicate ideas. Whether it was to educate, impress, control, reassure or intimidate audiences, art became an extremely effective political tool and l...

Dr. Rocky Ruggiero

Join Dr. Rocky for this webinar where he will explore one of Italy’s most beautiful regions – Puglia. From the natural beauty of its countryside and coast, to the man-made beauty of its architecture, to the beauty of its artisanal and culinary traditions, Puglia is simply asto...

Dr. Rocky Ruggiero

Duccio’s “Maestà” and Giotto’s fresco cycle in the Scrovegni Chapel are the two most important painting cycles of the Middle Ages. Join Dr. Rocky for this webinar as he examines the characteristics that defined Europe’s two most important schools of medieval painting – Siena a...