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09
January 2025

The Big Three in Florence: Michelangelo, Leonardo and Raphael

Welcome to The Arts Society North Bucks
Thursday, January 9, 2025 - 11:00
Lovat Hall
Silver Street Newport Pagnell MK16 0EJ
Online Event

Explore the rivalries between the 'big three', and the impact that Michelangelo and Leonardo had on Raphael

This lecture ties in with the themes of the forthcoming Royal Academy exhibition: Michelangelo, Leonardo, Raphael, Florence, c. 1504 (Nov 2024 - Feb 2025)

The beginning of  the sixteenth century in Florence was an exhilarating place for an artist to work, brimming with new ideas and approaches. For a brief but intense period Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo and Raphael coincided in Florence. These are the years of Mona Lisa, David and Raphael’s many serene Madonnas. 

This lecture explores the rivalry between these artists and the impact that their work had on the young Raphael.

THE ARTS SOCIETY ACCREDITED LECTURER

Dr Antonia Gatward Cevizli

Dr Antonia Gatward Cevizli is an independent art historian specialising in both Italian Renaissance art and Ottoman art. She gained her PhD from the University of Warwick. Her publications focus on cultural and diplomatic exchange between the Italian city-states and the Ottomans. Antonia has lectured for a number of institutions including Sabancı University, Istanbul; Sotheby’s Institute of Art; the National Gallery; the V&A Academy and The Courtauld summer school. Her interests are wide-ranging and she also worked across the collections of both Tate Modern and Tate Britain as a professional guide. She has lived in Siena, Venice and Istanbul.