Tag Archives: European Art History

Borso d'Este and Courtiers, Hall of the Months (detail), Palazzo Schifanoia, Ferrara, c. 1469-1470.

Lecture | Timothy McCall – Velvet Goldmine: Silk, Gold, and Renaissance Masculinity | University of Melbourne

The Australian Institute of Art History at the University of Melbourne invites you to a lecture by Dr. Timothy McCall (Villanova University, Pennsylvania) ‘Velvet Goldmine: Silk, Gold, and Renaissance Masculinity’ Date: Tuesday, 30 July 2019, Lecture 6.00 pm-7.00 pm Venue:  North Theatre, Old Arts Building (149), University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010. The ruling men of Renaissance Italy wrapped themselves in silks and jewels, feathers and pearls. To dazzle the eye, they wore cloth-of-gold and cloth-of-silver, but also sometime gems made of paste, intended to deceive observers. What glittered was not necessarily gold, and luxury materials were not always what they […]

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