Centuries of Art @ Your Library - Florence and the Medici November 12, 2007

Art historian Dr. Mary Sweeney Ellet provides a guided tour through the art of the 15th century city of Florence and the influence of the Medici family in the lecture "Living in the Golden Age" on Monday, November 12 at 7:30 p.m. in the Williamsburg Library Theatre, 515 Scotland Street. The program is part of the free lecture series, "Centuries of Art @ Your Library," sponsored by This Century Gallery in partnership with the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and Williamsburg Regional Library. Reservations are not needed for this free program. For more information, contact the library at (757) 259-4070.

This program explores the unique Florentine century -- its remarkable artists and that special family of bankers, merchants, politicians and art patrons known to history as the Medici. "This century is a golden age that radiates its brilliance over the liberal disciplines so long obscured -- over grammar, poetry, painting, architecture, sculpture, musicall of which excel in Florence." So wrote the great philosopher and humanist, Marsilio Ficino. Similar language was used by others, one of whom declared, "I thank God for letting me live in this age which all intelligent men agree is the greatest our city has ever known."

Dr. Ellet earned her MA and PhD from the University of Virginia and served as director of the Adult Degree Program and Community Education at Randolph-Macon Woman's College.

This series is made possible through This Century Art Gallery's partnership program with the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) and has been organized by the Office of Statewide Partnerships of the VMFA, and is supported by the Paul Mellon Endowment.

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