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You are invited to spend an evening with one of the greatest artists of all time—Michelangelo Buonarotti. We will explore ninety extraordinary years of masterpieces by this painter / sculptor / architect / poet ~ the master of David, the Pieta, the Sistine Ceiling, the Last Judgment, the Florentine Deposition, and many other incomparable treasures of Western art. We will walk through the streets of Florence where Michelangelo lived and worked, we will read his poetry ~ and most of all, we will view brilliant images of his paintings, drawings, sculptures, and architecture.
William H. Fredlund, the Director of the Institute, obtained his B.A. and M.A. from UCLA, where he specialized in European history and art history. He studied in Italy on a Fulbright Fellowship and completed a double Ph.D. in history and humanities at Stanford, specializing in Renaissance Italy. Dr. Fredlund has taught for UCLA, the University of Florence, Stanford, and UCSC Extension.
