Science and Spirit in Italian Renaissance Painting

Step into a world of creativity and exploration with our thought-provoking series:

Image, Invention, and Imagination: A Series on Art & Community Through the Ages.

Mondays, May 6, 13, 20 & Tuesday, May 28th

7:00 pm to 8:30 pm. Doors open at 6:45 pm

Admission: $15 per presentation / $50 for series.

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Monday, May 13:

Science and Spirit in Italian Renaissance Painting

Presented by Rocco Gangle, Philosophy Professor, Endicott College

The form and function of the painted image changed drastically during the 15th-century Italian Renaissance. From the late medieval paintings of Giotto to works of Renaissance painters like Botticelli and da Vinci, one feels as though stepping from an old world into a new one. What were the sources of this transformation of image and world? How was this transformation related to other cultural shifts such as the rise of humanism, a burgeoning secular society, and the scientific revolution? This presentation examines the religious, philosophical, and scientific backgrounds to the changes of the image in Italian Renaissance painting, in particular the development of linear perspective techniques, and connects this visual revolution in painting to its accompanying spiritual, cultural, and scientific revolutions.

Each hour-and-a-half presentation will include a Q&A session with light refreshments available for purchase.   The series includes:

• Monday, May 6: 140 Years of Television Technology. Presented by: John Leysath, Curatorial Director, Hammond Castle Museum
• Monday, May 20:  Witches and Wards: Magic and Counter Magic in 17th Century England and New England. Presented by: Krystina Yeager, Founder, Historians Guide To the Salem Witch Trials Tours
• Tuesday, May 28: Lotta Dames, No Horses -The Life, Death, and Legacy of John Latouche.  Presented by: Caleb McMurphy, Director of Visitor Services and Education, Hammond Castle Museum.

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