Fall 2025 & Spring 2026 Arts History Lecture Series

Friday Mornings:

Coffee and Conversation – 10:30 am | Lecturer Presentation – 11:00 am

Arts History Lecture Series

Arts History Lectures will be held at the Helen DeVitt Jones Sculpture Court – (Enter Through the West Doors).

$50.00 • Per Semester

$7.00 • Individual Lecture (payable at door)

Students with ID’s are FREE

*September 12th, 2025: An Introduction to the World of the Italian Renaissance
*September 19th, 2025: Cimabue and Giotto – The Start of the Renaissance
September 26th, 2025: Simone Martini and Duccio – The Growing Humanism of the Arts
October 3rd, 2025: Ghiberti and others – Sculptures of the Florence Baptistry
October 10th, 2025: Masaccio – The Brancacci Chapel and Other Great Works
October 17th, 2025: Filippo Brunelleschi – Master Architect of the Renaissance
October 31st, 2025: Piero della Francesca – Paintings Based on Geometry and Perspective
November 7th, 2025: Fra Angelico – The Dominican Friar Who Changed Painting
November 14th, 2025: Alberti and Antonello da Messina – The Expansion of the Renaissance World
November 21st, 2025: Fra Filippo Lippi and Filippino Lippi – Father and Son Artists
November 28th, 2025: NO LECTURE- Thanksgiving Week
December 5th, 2025: Sandro Botticelli – The Creation of the Birth of Venus and Other Paintings

* Free/Guest Days

*January 9th, 2026: Mantegna and Perugino – The High Renaissance in Italy
*January 16th, 2026: Leonardo da Vinci – Genius of the Renaissance
January 23rd, 2026: Leonardo da Vinci – Genius of the Renaissance, Part 2
January 30th, 2026: Giorgione – Paintings from Venice
February 6th, 2026: Raphael – The Young Master of the Madonna, Part 1
February 13th, 2026: Raphael – The Young Master of the Madonna, Part 2
February 20th, 2026: Giulio Romano and Domenico Beccafum – How Painting Changed After Raphael
February 27th, 2026: Properzia de’ Rossi and Others – Women Artists of the Renaissance
March 6th, 2026: Jacopo da Pontormo and Others – The Changing Style of the World of Painting
March 13th, 2026: Michelangelo – Master Creator of the Renaissance World, Part 1
March 20th, 2026: NO LECTURE- Spring Break
March 27th, 2026: Michelangelo – Master Creator of the Renaissance World, Part 2
**April 10th, 2026: Titian – The Enduring Legacy of the Venetian School of Art- Spring Luncheon Immediately Following The Lecture

* Free/Guest Days

**Spring Luncheon