Madison Early Music Festival
Lecture
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Date
Monday, July 14, 2014
Time
11 a.m.-12 p.m.
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Christopher Kleinhenz, Carol Mason Kirk Professor Emeritus of Italian, University of Wisconsin-Madison
We will examine the inter-relationship of literature and art in the Italian Middle Ages. We will investigate Dante's use of artistic imagery in his Divine Comedy and will look at his presentation of St. Francis of Assisi in canto 11 of the Paradiso and at other artistic depiction of Francis' life.
We will examine the inter-relationship of literature and art in the Italian Middle Ages. We will investigate Dante's use of artistic imagery in his Divine Comedy and will look at his presentation of St. Francis of Assisi in canto 11 of the Paradiso and at other artistic depiction of Francis' life.
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