Dr. Rocky Ruggiero

Join Dr. Rocky for this webinar where he will retell the story of the three kings through the creative genius of great Italian Renaissance masters such as Giotto, Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, and Tintoretto.

With Esteban Nigro

Join geologist, Esteban Nigro, for this exclusive webinar where he will explain how our planet is shaped and how the city of Florence was built thanks to its materials. What rocks were used to create Florence Cathedral? What are the origins of Carrara marble? What relationship...

Join Dr. Rocky for this video lecture in honor of the current restoration of the marvelous frescoes in the Brancacci Chapel in Florence, Italy. There is no better place in the world in which to illustrate the evolution of late Gothic to Early Renaissance painting than this chapel. It was here tha...

The fifteenth-century Florentine sculptor, Donatello, is well known for the volume and beauty of his work. Less well known is the role he played in changing the conception of artistic production from craft to what we now call art. This video lecture will consider these factors lying behind one of...

Dr. Jeremy Wasser

a little silhouetto of a man
Scaramouche, Scaramouche, will you do the fandango?
Thunderbolts and lightning, very, very frightening me
(Galileo) Galileo, (Galileo) Galileo, Galileo Figaro, magnifico
But I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me
He's just a poor boy from a poor famil...

Dr. Rocky Ruggiero

Florence, Italy, was the cradle of the Renaissance and the birthplace of the modern world. From Dante to Leonardo Da Vinci and Michelangelo, this central Italian town produced the greatest concentration of artistic genius in history. The legacy of this creative explosion is s...

Dr. Rocky Ruggiero

The Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome, Italy, has always been one of Rome’s most important churches. As one of only four “Major” basilicas, the history of the church reaches all the way back to Early Christian times when the Roman Empire adopted Christianity as its offi...

Dr. Joe Luzzi

In this presentation, Professor Luzzi will explore the centuries-old unresolved question: who was Dante’s muse, Beatrice? Looking beyond Dante’s mythmaking, Luzzi considers the historical reality of the young Florentine woman Beatrice Portinari who first inspired Dante to write poe...

Dr. Rocky Ruggiero

Join Dr. Rocky for this webinar as he counts down the 10 greatest paintings in the world’s most unique city – Venice!

Dr. Rocky Ruggiero

Join Dr. Rocky for an extraordinary pop-up webinar of one of the greatest Caravaggio exhibitions ever! Of the 24 masterpieces on display, 9 are on loan from foreign museums, and 5 from the US. Many of the paintings are returning to Rome and/or the Palazzo Barberini for the fir...

Dr. Rocky Ruggiero

From Ravenna to Rome to Naples to Sicily, Italy is home to some of history’s most celebrated mosaics. Join Dr. Rocky for this webinar as he counts down Italy’s top 10 mosaics.