Introducing a NEW Lecture Series:

Great Adversaries — Historical Contests

Dueling Adverseries
It's said "love makes the world go round," but more often it is opposition that drives historical developments. Great contests make for great history. In politics, in art, on the battlefield, it's been when competing individuals or movements have gone head-to-head that sparks fly. In this summer series, Dr. Bruce Elliott (UC Berkeley) each week will shine a theatrical spotlight on another of the outstanding contests in Western history.

Monday afternoons, 2:00 – 4:00 pm in Rohnert Park

Sonoma Mountain Village • Event Center • 1400 Valley House Drive
off Petaluma Hill Road, one mile south of Sonoma State campus
Admission: $15 per session at the door.

Quintessential Quartets – Artistic Rivalries
Dr. Bruce Elliott at Sonoma Mountain Village
Michelangelo painting

Monday, August 2
2:00–4:00 pm

High Renaissance

Classical Themes
Botticelli • Raphael
vs.
Religious Subjects
Michelangelo • Leonardo


Monday, August 9
2:00–4:00 pm

Venetian Renaissance

Movement
Titian • Tintoretto
vs.
Composition
Bellini • Veronese

venetian renaissance painting


baroque period painting

Monday, August 16
2:00–4:00 pm

Baroque Period

Dutch Genre 
Rembrandt • Vermeer
vs.
Catholic Baroque
Rubens • Caravaggio


Monday, August 23
2:00–4:00 pm

Impressionism

Play of Light
Renoir • Monet
vs.
Figure Studies
Manet • Degas

impressionist painting


View excerpts from Dr. Elliott's Great Cities classes.
Part 1 is here and Part 2 is here.

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