Italy, circa 1600: Italian churches and monasteries are commissioning paintings by the masters Veronese and Caravaggio to glorify the altars where priests say mass—and that today have become art-lover pilgrimage sites. Yet both painters eventually created work that went too far, running afoul of the authorities. What constituted “too far”? And what happened to the painters and their rejected paintings?
This year’s Loggia Lecture series is called Reject, Revile, Repeat. In each Loggia we’ll explore a form of censorship within art history, including contemporary America. Count on the stories to be engrossing and the issues thought-provoking. Ultimately, each Loggia will testify to the power of art, given how authorities through the ages have been threatened by it.
Bellevue Arts Museum
Suggested Donation of $5-$25. RSVP. (Limit to 125 participants.)
About Rob Prufer
Rob Prufer brought his love for history, art, and ancient languages to the faculty of Bellevue’s Newport High School in 1995. Since then, his teaching specialty has become Advanced Placement Art History. This passion led him to create the Loggia Lecture Series for the wider community in 2011 and to Bellevue Arts Museum in 2015. He is delighted to offer the third season of Loggia Lectures at BAM, pairing art history with featured artworks at the Museum. In his spare time, Rob can be found cycling, studying Italian, and traveling with his wife, Lesley.