Cost and Registration Information

Early Registration Price (by February 10): $200
Regular Price (after February 10): $220

This seminar is full. Please call (312) 255-3700 to be added to the wait list.

Seminar Description

Michelangelo Buonarotti created works of art that continue to inspire and move countless numbers of art lovers. This seminar will explore the full range of Michelangelo's works in sculpture, painting, architecture, and drawing, to gain a greater understanding of this many-faceted genius. Readings from primary and secondary sources will include the earliest biography of the artist and some of Michelangelo’s own poetry. Six sessions.

Jeffrey Nigro is a Research Associate in the Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art and an Adjunct Lecturer in the Department of Museum Education at the Art Institute of Chicago.

Materials List

Required:

• Michelangelo, Life, Letters, and Poetry. Selected and translated with an Introduction and Notes by George Bull. Oxford University Press (Oxford World’s Classics), 2009. ISBN-13: 978-0199537365
• A course pack of additional materials, compiled by the instructor and distributed during the first class, for which there will be a nominal fee.

First Readings:

• Please read pp. 1-18 of Michelangelo’s Life, Letters, and Poetry for the first class.

This class is part of the Newberry’s Adult Education Seminars Program. Learn more about our registration procedures.