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Leading Ladies of the Renaissance: Virtual Lecture

March 19, 2021
Leading Ladies of the Renaissance: Virtual Lecture
1 PM EST

Fri Mar 19th, 1:00 PM EST: Leading Ladies of the Renaissance discover the lives and legacies of Italy’s “Renaissance Women” as well as several unheralded Italian women who inspired Botticelli, Raphael, and Michelangelo and some of the greatest artwork of all time Scarsdale Adult School, Scarsdale, NY https://scarsdale.augusoft.net/index.cfm?method=ClassInfo.ClassInformation&int_class_id=10271&int_category_id=8&int_sub_category_id=87

Tue Feb 23th 5:45 PM EST:  It All Began in Venice:  a special Carnevale (belated!) celebration and entertaining interactive exploration of Venice, the most improbable of cities, once the luxury and pleasure capital of Europe and home for the original Mardi Gras (Martedi Grasso). Main Line School Night Association, Radnor, PA https://courses.mainlineschoolnight.org/wconnect/ace/CourseStatus.awp?&course=21SSL22201

Sun Feb 21st, 7:00 PM EST/ 4:00 PST: Venice: The Most Improbable of Cities a thought-provoking exploration of this timeless jewel of a city and magical place of beauty, mystery, luxury, intrigue, contradiction, audacity, cunning, and might and home for the original Mardi Gras (Martedi Grasso); online House of Italy, San Diego, CA

Fri Feb 19th, 1:00 PM EST: Venice: The Most Improbable of Cities a thought-provoking exploration of this timeless jewel of a city and magical place of beauty, mystery, luxury, intrigue, contradiction, audacity, cunning, and might and home for the original Mardi Gras (Martedi Grasso) Scarsdale Adult School, Scarsdale, NY https://scarsdale.augusoft.net/index.cfm?method=ClassInfo.ClassInformation&int_class_id=10270&int_category_id=8&int_sub_category_id=87

Fri Feb 19th, 7:00 PM EST: Raphael: Rockstar of the Renaissance one of the great artist polymaths of the Renaissance, along with Leonardo and Michelangelo is famous for fashioning the style known as “High Renaissance”.  He was the essential man — painter, architect, designer, taste-maker, entrepreneur, team builder, courtier, and visionary, yet today it is trendy to dismiss his work as ‘too beautiful’; a comprehensive exploration of the beauty, grace complexity, and range of his works. Private online lecture for the IAWC (Italian American Women’s Club) of Great Neck, NY

Fri Feb 12th, 4:30 EST: Carnevale Evening in Venice a special Carnevale celebration and entertaining interactive exploration of Venice, the most improbable of cities, once the luxury and pleasure capital of Europe and home for the original Mardi Gras (Martedi Grasso)– sponsored by Ciclismo Classico pre-registration is required

Tue Feb 9th, 7:00 PM EST:  A Mangiare: Cultural History for Foodies; An interactive and entertaining “salon” exploring Italy’s culinary heritage from antiquity to the present day. Through an engaging Q & A, you will test your knowledge while discovering surprising little-known facts and backstories of some of Italian cuisine’s most iconic ingredients and dishes. Columbus Citizens Foundation, NY, NY

Fri Feb 5th, 7:30 EST: Carnevale Evening in Venice a special Carnevale celebration and entertaining interactive exploration of Venice, the most improbable of cities, once the luxury and pleasure capital of Europe and home for the original Mardi Gras (Martedi Grasso)– private event for Order of the Sons & Daughters of Italy 

Thurs Feb 4th, 7:00 EST: Carnevale Evening in Venice a special Carnevale celebration and entertaining interactive exploration of Venice, the most improbable of cities, once the luxury and pleasure capital of Europe and home for the original Mardi Gras (Martedi Grasso)– online Casa Belvedere, Staten Island, NY

Fri Jan 29th, 1:00 PM EST: A Mangiare: A Culinary History for Foodies an interactive and entertaining “salon” exploring Italy’s culinary heritage from antiquity to the present day. Through an engaging Q & A, you will test your knowledge while discovering surprising little-known facts and backstories of some of the Italian cuisine’s most iconic ingredients and dishes; online — Scarsdale Adult School, Scarsdale, NY  https://scarsdale.augusoft.net/index.cfm?method=ClassInfo.ClassInformation&int_class_id=10269&int_category_id=8&int_sub_category_id=87

Wed Jan 27th, 7:00 EST:  It All Began in Venice From the celebration of Mardi Gras to the Bellini to capitalism, Venice, the most enchanting and improbable of cities, has given us many “gifts”. Through an engaging Q & A format, we will explore and discover little-known backstories of La Serenissima and its extraordinary legacy of ingenuity as well as its opulent and captivating history; online — Westchester Italian Cultural Center, Tuckahoe, NY https://wiccny.webinarninja.com/live-webinars/650743/register

Thurs Jan 21th, 5:30 PST: Masters of Emotion: Art as Propaganda in Baroque Rome  Two of the 17th century’s most drama-loving artists: painter Caravaggio and sculptor Bernini both pushed their respective mediums to new heights while working in Rome under a series of surprisingly artistically adventurous Popes. We will compare and contrast each’s art and legacies and explore the broader political and artistic milieu in which they were working; view online sponsored by the Museo Italo-Americano, San Francisco, CA https://museoitaloamericano.org/events/masters-of-emotion-art-as-propaganda-in-baroque-rome/

Fri Jan 15th, 1:00 PM EST: The Alchemy of Italy explore Italy’s outsized influence on Western Civilization and the “cultural DNA” that helps explain it; view online sponsored by the Scarsdale Adult School, Scarsdale, NY

Event details

Date: 19 March 2021.
Time: 1 PM EST
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