Context brings the brightest minds to your living room with perspective-shifting online lectures.
Florence Architecture: Brunelleschi's Groundbreaking Achievements with Kate Bolton-Porciatti
No events are scheduled at this time. Want to be notified when it’s back? Click the blue button to the right and we’ll notify you.
Filippo Brunelleschi transformed the cityscape of Florence with an architectural style inspired by a pagan world: the palaces, basilicas, and temples of Ancient Rome. Yet in the churches and chapels he designed for his native Florence and, above all, in the iconic cupola of the city’s cathedral, his use of light, ‘divine’ ratios, and symbolic forms offered a glimpse of heaven.
Kate Bolton-Porciatti is a professor of Italian cultural history and music at the Istituto Lorenzo de'Medici in Florence, where she teaches BA and MA courses in the humanities. She also lectures at the British Institute, Florence, and at the Chigiana Music Academy in Siena. Kate has published extensively as an academic and a journalist; she is a music critic for BBC Music and a travel writer for The Daily Telegraph, UK. Before moving to Italy permanently in 2005, she was a senior producer and broadcaster for BBC Arts & Classical Music in London and has won prestigious Jerusalem and Sony Awards for her programs. She did her M.Phil. thesis in Italy, exploring the musical culture of early Renaissance Florence.
This conversation is suitable for all ages.
70 minutes
Guest did not leave comment
Very informative
I enjoyed this lecture and also learned much about Florence's architecture. Kate does a good job explaining the overview and details of the subject. The presentation flowed well, sound was good, and visuals engaging. Thanks for an enjoyable lecture!
Excellent presentation!
Its no surprise that I loved this session. I so appreciate the way Kate Bolton Porciatti runs her sessions. Always full of information with context (no pun intended) and a delightful conversation. So lucky to attend her sessions!