Michelangelo's Women: Feminine Genius in the Frescoes of the Sistine Chapel

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Michelangelo's Women: Feminine Genius in the Frescoes of the Sistine Chapel

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Swift Hall Common Room
Add to Calendar 2021-11-17 17:00:00 2021-11-17 19:00:00 Michelangelo's Women: Feminine Genius in the Frescoes of the Sistine Chapel Dr. Elizabeth Lev received her undergraduate degree in art history from University of Chicago, and her doctorate from University of Bologna specializing in the art of the Counter Reformation. Her books include The Tigress of Forlì (Harcourt Mifflin 2012), and A Body for Glory (Vatican Museums Press 2014). She has been living in Rome since she completed her studies in 1997 and teaching art history for Duquesne University’s Italian Campus since 2002. Dr. Lev has lectured world-wide and her TED talk on the Sistine Chapel has garnered over 1.8 million views. REGISTER HERE FOR IN-PERSON REGISTER HERE FOR ONLINE Free and open to the public. Cosponsored by the Department of Art History. Contact us with any questions.  Students and faculty are also welcome to join Dr. Lev for lunch on Monday, November 15 for an informal conversation on her education at the University of Chicago and career as an art historian and tour guide. REGISTER FOR THE LUNCH HERE. This convening is open to all invitees regardless of vaccination status and, because of ongoing health risks, particularly to the unvaccinated, participants are expected to adopt the risk mitigation measures (masking and social distancing, etc.) appropriate to their vaccination status as advised by public health officials or to their individual vulnerabilities as advised by a medical professional. Public convening may not be safe for all and carries a risk for contracting COVID-19, particularly for those unvaccinated. Participants will not know the vaccination status of others and should follow appropriate risk mitigation measures. If you are not currently affiliated with the University (enrolled student, faculty, or staff) it is expected that you review the University’s COVID mitigation efforts. The University expects every event attendee to adopt precautions designed to mitigate the risk of viral transmission. If you have any questions, please contact us. Swift Hall Common Room Department of Art History drupal@seastar.uchicago.edu America/Chicago public
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Dr. Elizabeth Lev received her undergraduate degree in art history from University of Chicago, and her doctorate from University of Bologna specializing in the art of the Counter Reformation. Her books include The Tigress of Forlì (Harcourt Mifflin 2012), and A Body for Glory (Vatican Museums Press 2014). She has been living in Rome since she completed her studies in 1997 and teaching art history for Duquesne University’s Italian Campus since 2002. Dr. Lev has lectured world-wide and her TED talk on the Sistine Chapel has garnered over 1.8 million views.

REGISTER HERE FOR IN-PERSON

REGISTER HERE FOR ONLINE

Free and open to the public. Cosponsored by the Department of Art History. Contact us with any questions. 

Students and faculty are also welcome to join Dr. Lev for lunch on Monday, November 15 for an informal conversation on her education at the University of Chicago and career as an art historian and tour guide. REGISTER FOR THE LUNCH HERE.

This convening is open to all invitees regardless of vaccination status and, because of ongoing health risks, particularly to the unvaccinated, participants are expected to adopt the risk mitigation measures (masking and social distancing, etc.) appropriate to their vaccination status as advised by public health officials or to their individual vulnerabilities as advised by a medical professional. Public convening may not be safe for all and carries a risk for contracting COVID-19, particularly for those unvaccinated. Participants will not know the vaccination status of others and should follow appropriate risk mitigation measures.

If you are not currently affiliated with the University (enrolled student, faculty, or staff) it is expected that you review the University’s COVID mitigation efforts. The University expects every event attendee to adopt precautions designed to mitigate the risk of viral transmission.


If you have any questions, please contact us.