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DESCRIPTION
Nora Hamerman studies and compares the various depictions of the Annunciation focusing on Renaissance painting and sculpture. She explains the frequently used symbolism of that time period. Insightful and intriguing while reflecting on beautiful artwork. The most beloved subject of Renaissance painting and sculpture, treated by almost every celebrated artist, was the Annunciation to Mary of the Incarnation of Christ. In Italy, March 25 was New Year's Day. Mary was called the "first scientist" because her assent to the angelic salutation was the beginning of the collaboration between God and Man upon which all real science is based. The presentation will begin with Giotto's Arena Chapel in Padua, and a description of the festival during Advent at which the Annunciation was reenacted, and continue through the era of the Catholic Reform. Besides the art in Italy celebrating the Annunciation, the talk will include the great Northern European examples, such as those by Jan van Eyck, Rogier van der Weyden, and Veit Stoss.
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SPEAKER/PERFORMER INFORMATION
Nora Hamerman, currently an adjunct professor at the Notre Dame Graduate School of Christendom College, where she teaches a course in Sacred Art and Theology, is a Ph.D. Candidate at New York University's Institute of Fine Arts. She received her BA with highest honors from Michigan State University and her MA from New York University. She was a Fulbright Scholar in Rome, a fellow of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and a Chester Dale fellow of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC She has taught at the University of Virginia and Shenandoah University. She and her husband Warren converted to the Catholic faith in 1990 and have been active in the Diocese of Arlington, Virginia in writing and lecturing about sacred art. In addition to articles for scholarly journals such as Art Quarterly and Arte Illustrata, Mrs. Hamerman has frequently written for the Arlington Catholic Herald. Her slide lecture illustrating Dante's Divine Comedy, first presented in Philadelphia in 1980, has been seen in cities around the United States, Canada, western Europe, and Latin America
LECTURE PREVIEW
SERIES THEME:
Mary: Mother of the Redeemer
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