 September 18, Friday (through December 13)
The Art of Devotion: Panel Painting in Early Renaissance Italy
Middlebury College Museum of Art, Christian A. Johnson Memorial Gallery
This exhibit brings together paintings from 10 different collections to explore how these works (all products of collaboration that depended upon a close relationship between patrons, painters, woodworkers, and gilders) were made and how they served both as a focus for devotion and as an emphatic statement about wealth and status. This exhibition was organized by the Middlebury College Museum of Art and guest curated by Katherine Smith Abbott, Assistant Professor of History of Art and Architecture and Associate Dean of the College. It is made possible in part through grants from the Robert Lehman Foundation and the Samuel H. Kress Foundation. At Middlebury, it is supported by the Christian A. Johnson Memorial Fund and a generous grant from the Middlebury College Arts Council. Free |
October 1, Thursday
The Mythical Triumph of Gothic Style in Early Renaissance Florence
4:30 p.m., Mahaney Center for the Arts, Room 221
Lecture by Laurence Kanter, the Lionel Goldfrank III Curator of Early European Art, Yale University Art Gallery. Kanter considers the early artistic traditions of the quattrocento—from the Gothic style of Lorenzo Ghiberti’s Gates of Paradise to the advent of Masaccio and the classical ideals of Donatello and of Filippo Brunelleschi—and introduces a number of alternative readings of history. Free |
 October 8, Thursday
The Restoration of the Altarpiece by Lippo d’Andrea
4:30 p.m., Mahaney Center for the Arts, Room 221
Conservator Andrea Rothe talks about his restoration of the Museum’s Lippo d’Andrea altarpiece. Presenting slides that document the painting before, during, and after treatment, Rothe explores the challenges he encountered in the restoration process. Free
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 October 16, Friday
Art, Marriage, and Family in the Florentine Renaissance Palace
4:30 p.m., Mahaney Center for the Arts, Room 221
This lecture by Jacqueline Marie Musacchio, Art Department, Wellesley College, examines the intersection of art and the marriage ritual in the middle and upper class homes of fifteenth-century Florence. It analyzes the urban townhouse, its furnishings, and their influence on urban life to provide an understanding of how families interacted with art on a daily basis. Free |
 October 29, Thursday
Lorenzo Ghiberti and His Florentine Workshop: “Few works of importance were made in our city that were not designed or devised by my hand.”
4:30 p.m., Mahaney Center for the Arts, Room 221
Lecture by Wendy Watson, curator, Mt. Holyoke College Art Museum. Lorenzo Ghiberti—a celebrated early Renaissance sculptor, goldsmith, draftsman, architect, and author—produced an abundance of art for patrons in Florence and beyond, including affordable devotional sculptures of the Virgin and Child. This talk focuses on two such works in the exhibit The Art of Devotion. Free |
 November 19, Thursday
Gallery Talk: The Art of Devotion
5:30 p.m., Middlebury College Museum of Art
Museum designer Ken Pohlman invites members of the Friends of the Art Museum to a “Behind the Scenes” gallery talk, where he discusses the design and installation of the exhibition The Art of Devotion. Information: 802.443.2034 or asolomon@middlebury.edu. |