May 4, 7:30pm to 9:30pm and May 5, 10am to 4pm
Lucrezia's Family: The Borgia Dynasty brings together a panel of noted scholars to re-examine the Borgias in the context of their considerable contributions to the Italian Renaissance. Much maligned for their misuse of power, the Borgias are being reassessed in our age of secular power politics. Often described as scheming and unscrupulous, this program examines whether the politically cunning Borgia family has been accurately stereotyped as Machiavellian or misrepresented by a poor understanding of how their political power was used.
On Friday evening, Thomas Dandelet (UC Berkeley) gives the opening lecture providing an overview of the power, drama, and controversy of the Borgia family, as they shaped the cultural, religious, and political life of Renaissance Italy. The Friday program includes a special musical performance by Shira Kammen and the Gallimaufry Chamber Chorus, introduced by Clifford "Kip" Cranna (SF Opera), with works by Josquin des Pres, Bartolomeo Tromboncino, and Cristobal de Morales.
On Saturday, Carol Lansing (UCSB) gives a talk exploring the history of open arrangements of Roman priests with their concubines. Jon Snyder (UCSB) follows with a lecture on the meteoric rise and fall of the feared warlord Cesare Borgia as immortalized in Niccolo Machiavelli's treatise, The Prince. Meryl Bailey (Mills College) discusses Pope Alexander VI's (Rodrigo Borgia) role as a patron of the arts and looks into his use of the visual arts to promote his family and cement his claims to power.
The two-day program culminates with a talk by Allyson Burgess Williams (SDSU), focusing on Lucrezia Borgia, Duchess of Ferrara. This talk reveals Lucrezia's attempt to move out from under the shadow of her Borgia past, by commissioning a series of portraits presenting her as a virtuous and magnificent duchess. Lucrezia's new persona was reflected in her fabulous living quarters filled with sumptuous textiles and precious objects.
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Lucrezia's Family: The Borgia Dynasty brings together a panel of noted scholars to re-examine the Borgias in the context of their considerable contributions to the Italian Renaissance. Much maligned for their misuse of power, the Borgias are being reassessed in our age of secular power politics. Often described as scheming and unscrupulous, this program examines whether the politically cunning Borgia family has been accurately stereotyped as Machiavellian or misrepresented by a poor understanding of how their political power was used.
On Friday evening, Thomas Dandelet (UC Berkeley) gives the opening lecture providing an overview of the power, drama, and controversy of the Borgia family, as they shaped the cultural, religious, and political life of Renaissance Italy. The Friday program includes a special musical performance by Shira Kammen and the Gallimaufry Chamber Chorus, introduced by Clifford "Kip" Cranna (SF Opera), with works by Josquin des Pres, Bartolomeo Tromboncino, and Cristobal de Morales.
On Saturday, Carol Lansing (UCSB) gives a talk exploring the history of open arrangements of Roman priests with their concubines. Jon Snyder (UCSB) follows with a lecture on the meteoric rise and fall of the feared warlord Cesare Borgia as immortalized in Niccolo Machiavelli's treatise, The Prince. Meryl Bailey (Mills College) discusses Pope Alexander VI's (Rodrigo Borgia) role as a patron of the arts and looks into his use of the visual arts to promote his family and cement his claims to power.
The two-day program culminates with a talk by Allyson Burgess Williams (SDSU), focusing on Lucrezia Borgia, Duchess of Ferrara. This talk reveals Lucrezia's attempt to move out from under the shadow of her Borgia past, by commissioning a series of portraits presenting her as a virtuous and magnificent duchess. Lucrezia's new persona was reflected in her fabulous living quarters filled with sumptuous textiles and precious objects.
May 4, 7:30pm to 9:30pm and May 5, 10am to 4pm
Lucrezia's Family: The Borgia Dynasty brings together a panel of noted scholars to re-examine the Borgias in the context of their considerable contributions to the Italian Renaissance. Much maligned for their misuse of power, the Borgias are being reassessed in our age of secular power politics. Often described as scheming and unscrupulous, this program examines whether the politically cunning Borgia family has been accurately stereotyped as Machiavellian or misrepresented by a poor understanding of how their political power was used.
On Friday evening, Thomas Dandelet (UC Berkeley) gives the opening lecture providing an overview of the power, drama, and controversy of the Borgia family, as they shaped the cultural, religious, and political life of Renaissance Italy. The Friday program includes a special musical performance by Shira Kammen and the Gallimaufry Chamber Chorus, introduced by Clifford "Kip" Cranna (SF Opera), with works by Josquin des Pres, Bartolomeo Tromboncino, and Cristobal de Morales.
On Saturday, Carol Lansing (UCSB) gives a talk exploring the history of open arrangements of Roman priests with their concubines. Jon Snyder (UCSB) follows with a lecture on the meteoric rise and fall of the feared warlord Cesare Borgia as immortalized in Niccolo Machiavelli's treatise, The Prince. Meryl Bailey (Mills College) discusses Pope Alexander VI's (Rodrigo Borgia) role as a patron of the arts and looks into his use of the visual arts to promote his family and cement his claims to power.
The two-day program culminates with a talk by Allyson Burgess Williams (SDSU), focusing on Lucrezia Borgia, Duchess of Ferrara. This talk reveals Lucrezia's attempt to move out from under the shadow of her Borgia past, by commissioning a series of portraits presenting her as a virtuous and magnificent duchess. Lucrezia's new persona was reflected in her fabulous living quarters filled with sumptuous textiles and precious objects.
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Lucrezia's Family: The Borgia Dynasty brings together a panel of noted scholars to re-examine the Borgias in the context of their considerable contributions to the Italian Renaissance. Much maligned for their misuse of power, the Borgias are being reassessed in our age of secular power politics. Often described as scheming and unscrupulous, this program examines whether the politically cunning Borgia family has been accurately stereotyped as Machiavellian or misrepresented by a poor understanding of how their political power was used.
On Friday evening, Thomas Dandelet (UC Berkeley) gives the opening lecture providing an overview of the power, drama, and controversy of the Borgia family, as they shaped the cultural, religious, and political life of Renaissance Italy. The Friday program includes a special musical performance by Shira Kammen and the Gallimaufry Chamber Chorus, introduced by Clifford "Kip" Cranna (SF Opera), with works by Josquin des Pres, Bartolomeo Tromboncino, and Cristobal de Morales.
On Saturday, Carol Lansing (UCSB) gives a talk exploring the history of open arrangements of Roman priests with their concubines. Jon Snyder (UCSB) follows with a lecture on the meteoric rise and fall of the feared warlord Cesare Borgia as immortalized in Niccolo Machiavelli's treatise, The Prince. Meryl Bailey (Mills College) discusses Pope Alexander VI's (Rodrigo Borgia) role as a patron of the arts and looks into his use of the visual arts to promote his family and cement his claims to power.
The two-day program culminates with a talk by Allyson Burgess Williams (SDSU), focusing on Lucrezia Borgia, Duchess of Ferrara. This talk reveals Lucrezia's attempt to move out from under the shadow of her Borgia past, by commissioning a series of portraits presenting her as a virtuous and magnificent duchess. Lucrezia's new persona was reflected in her fabulous living quarters filled with sumptuous textiles and precious objects.
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