Michelangelo’s Early Masterpieces
Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025 from 7 to 8:30 pm
Free for members, $10 donation non-members
Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564), one of the greatest artists in history, prolific in the art of painting, of sculpture, of architecture and in poetry, is a true symbol of Renaissance man. Deeply religious, he created unrivaled intersection of spirituality, of his passion for Greek and Roman art, and his knowledge of human anatomy.
This presentation will illustrate the brilliant mastery of that blending in his early masterpieces in marble: tipsy god of wine Bacchus, sublime beauty and grief in Pieta’, and heroic biblical David – all three completed by Michelangelo’s age of 30.
Detailed views of the monumental frescoes of the Sistine Chapel ceiling (completed when Michelangelo was 37) will show the complexity of his artistic program inspired by the Book of Genesis. The central part of the ceiling visually narrates his vision of the Creation of the Universe, Creation of the Mankind and the Fall from God’s Grace.
About the Speaker: Snjezana Smodlaka, born in Croatia, holds a B.A. in Italian Literature and M.A. in Romance Philology from the University of Zagreb, Croatia; also M.A. and Ph.D. in Italian Literature from Rutgers University. She worked as an Italian and Latin teacher in high school and as an adjunct professor at Wagner College, CSI, and Rutgers. She has published numerous articles on Italian language and literature and presented more than 40 papers on international congresses in the United States, Croatia, Italy, Spain, Germany, France, Austria. For the last two decades, she broadened her research on aesthetics and intersections between Italian literature, figurative arts, and opera. She is particularly committed to bringing back Italian Renaissance and Baroque women artists from centuries-old oblivion.
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