with Art Historian Donald Dwyer
Date: Monday, November 10
Time: 2:00 P.M.
Over time, great painters have often excelled in many media including sculpture. Andrea Verrochio, painter and teacher of Leonardo, was the last great sculptor of the Early Renaissance. His work shows the love of life characteristic of the era and his figures exude naturalism and vitality. Michelangelo, painter of the Sistine Chapel ceiling, embodies the High Renaissance in his search for universal meaning. He considered sculpture superior to painting, and stated, “The nearer painting approaches sculpture, the better it is.” The session will examine his work—from the heroic young David, to the later powerful figures on the Medici Tombs that express the futility of human endeavor. For painters Degas and Picasso, sculpture was a private medium, a kind of experimentation, and large collections were found in their studios upon their deaths. A fascinating consideration of the complex relationship between sculpture and painting.