BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20241022T100000Z DTEND:20241022T120000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:The High Renaissance & the ‘Genius Artist’ DESCRIPTION:Art Historian Dr Matthew Whyte offers a new lecture series\, which takes the audience on an art-filled journey through the often beautiful\, sometimes scandalous\, and always fascinating moments in the development of Western civilisation.\n\n6. The High Renaissance & the 'Genius Artist'\n\nThe sixteenth century saw the creation of the artist-celebrity for the first time in history. Through their prodigious skill and ceaseless innovation\, artists such as Michelangelo\, Leonardo da Vinci\, and Raphael were able to achieve an unprecedented level of fame which freed them to an extent from the pressures of patronal control. These artists are among the first to be subject to biographies within their own lifetime\, and Michelangelo seized the opportunity to create a mythology around his own genius. This week\, we foreground these artists' most well-known works Michelangelo's David and Sistine Chapel frescoes\, Raphael's School of Athens\, and Leonardo's Mona Lisa and Last Supper questioning how far the artists' claims about their own genius hold true. We also explore how the nature of their innovation addressed resilient and potentially scandalous issues surrounding questions of physical beauty and sexuality in the face of Christian propriety and the place of Classical subjects in the face of reform. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Art Historian Dr Matthew Whyte offers a new lecture series\, which takes the audience on an art-filled journey through the often beautiful\, sometimes scandalous\, and always fascinating moments in the development of Western civilisation.

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6. The High Renaissance &\; the &lsquo\;Genius Artist&rsquo\;

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The sixteenth century saw the creation of the artist-celebrity for the first time in history. Through their prodigious skill and ceaseless innovation\, artists such as Michelangelo\, Leonardo da Vinci\, and Raphael were able to achieve an unprecedented level of fame which freed them to an extent from the pressures of patronal control. These artists are among the first to be subject to biographies within their own lifetime\, and Michelangelo seized the opportunity to create a mythology around his own genius. This week\, we foreground these artists&rsquo\; most well-known works &ndash\; Michelangelo&rsquo\;s \;David \;and Sistine Chapel frescoes\, Raphael&rsquo\;s \;School of Athens\, and Leonardo&rsquo\;s \;Mona Lisa \;and \;Last Supper \;&ndash\; questioning how far the artists&rsquo\; claims about their own genius hold true. We also explore how the nature of their innovation addressed resilient and potentially scandalous issues surrounding questions of physical beauty and sexuality in the face of Christian propriety and the place of Classical subjects in the face of reform.

\n LOCATION:Triskel Arts Centre\, Tobin Street\, Cork City UID:e.2489.34225 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260427T145326Z URL:https://chamber.corkchamber.ie/events/details/the-high-renaissance-the-genius-artist-34225 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR