Italian Renaissance Alive | Experts Lecture with Dr Gary Ianziti

How did the Renaissance Happen?

Sun 26 May

Italian Renaissance Alive | Experts Lecture with Dr Gary Ianziti

The Renaissance was a distinct period in history marking the transition from the Middle Ages to Modernity, bringing about significant changes in Europe. Derived from the French word for ‘rebirth’, it was all about the reawakening in art and culture, and science and technology, an incredible time of creativity, curiosity and genius that continues to have a lasting impact on our world today.

HOTA Gallery presents an exclusive series of Expert Lectures to extend your Italian Renaissance Aliveexperience. Each session will be delivered by an academic specialist in their field of Art History, Astronomy, or History, in relation to Renaissance events or themes. Join us for this incredible opportunity to hear firsthand from the experts in our region.

How did the Renaissance Happen?

In this lecture, Italian Renaissance humanism specialist Dr Gary Ianziti will present the Renaissance as a dynamic cultural movement and describe some of the intellectual, political and social forces that shaped it.

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Dates

Sun 26 May

Where

The Studio – HOTA Gallery

Ages

All Ages

Duration

1 hr

Tickets

Adult $15
Artist Pass Holders $13
HOTA Members $13

Times

Sun 26 May - 1:00pm

#Speaker Bio

Gary Ianziti was educated in the United States and Italy. After completing his PhD at the University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill), he held a two-year postdoctoral fellowship at the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa. In 1979 he migrated to Australia to take up a lectureship in Italian Studies at the University of Wollongong. He returned to Italy in 1988 to teach the history of historiography at the University of Trieste. In 1994 he moved to Brisbane, where he served as Associate Professor of European Studies and later Director of the Humanities Research Program at QUT. He has held research fellowships at the Harvard University Centre for Italian Renaissance Studies and at the American Academy in Rome.