This presentation of Botticelli’s Secret: The Lost Drawings and the Rediscovery of the Renaissance by Bard College Professor Joseph Luzzi discusses how 500 years ago Sandro Botticelli, a painter of humble origin, created works of unearthly beauty. It will not only show how the Renaissance came to life, but also how the Florentine artist helped define how we understand it today. It combines the detective story of the rediscovery of Botticelli’s Dante drawings, originally commission by the Medici family, with rich intellectual history.
This event is in collaboration with The Harvard-Radcliffe Club of the Hudson Valley.