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Urban safari: Lions, Giraffes, Monkeys and a Hippo in Renaissance Florence
Virtual Wednesday Lecture, on Zoom
by Jeremy Boudreau
Join Head of History of Art Jeremy Boudreau, as we explore the menagerie of exotic fauna present in local art, folklore and history, from the emblems of Florence’s government and districts, to the frescoes of its Renaissance palaces and chapels, onward still to the diplomatic gifts received and preserved by the city’s Medici princes. As we shall see through illustrated survey, Africa abounds in some rather unexpected corners of Florentine art and culture!
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