
History of Art Lecture Series
Distinguished scholars and curators offer an in-depth look at time periods and styles. The series begins with a brief overview of the collection by Director Kent Lydecker. Registration and full payment are required two weeks before the start of the series. First-come, first-served. To register, please contact reception@fine-arts.org or 727.896.2667, ext. 210.
Seven public lectures, Saturdays from 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., Marly Room
All seven lectures: $80 for Museum members, $100 for non-members. Individual lectures: $20, if seating is available.
The sessions follow:
January 12: Meeting Art History at the Museum of Fine Arts, presented by Kent Lydecker.
January 19: Art of the Early Americas by Maya Stanfield-Mazzi, Assistant Professor of Art History at the University of Florida.
January 26: Classical Views: The Art of Greece and Rome by Sheramy Bundrick, Associate Professor of Art History at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg.
February 2: Medieval and Early Renaissance Art by Kent Lydecker.
February 9: The High Renaissance by Kent Lydecker.
February 16: Going for Baroque: The Seventeenth Century in Europe by Director Emeritus John Schloder.
February 23: From Rococo to Revolution: The Eighteenth Century in Europe by John Schloder.
The second part of the series starts March 9 and will encompass nineteenth- and twentieth-century European and American art, as well as introductions to non-Western art and photography.