SAVONAROLA AND BOTTICELLI: THE VISIONARY PROPHET AND THE PENITENT
PAINTER
A PUBLIC LECTURE BY ARVI WATTEL, SCHOOL OF DESIGN, THE UNIVERSITY OF
WESTERN AUSTRALIA.
AFTER THE FRENCH INVASION IN 1494, THE FLORENTINE PEOPLE REVOLTED
AGAINST ITS DE FACTO RULERS AND EXILED THE MEDICI FAMILY FROM
FLORENCE. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE FOLLOWERS OF THE DOMINICAN PREACHER
GIROLAMO SAVONAROLA (CALLED PIAGNONI: WEEPERS) INSTITUTED A THEOCRATIC
GOVERNMENT, TAKING FIERCE CONTROL OVER THE CITY, WHILE SAVONAROLA WAS
PREACHING THE END OF TIMES AND CALLED FOR A LARGE ‘BONFIRE OF THE
VANITIES’ TO ‘CLEANSE’ THE CITY. SAVONAROLA’S DISGUST OF
SPLENDOUR IS FAMOUS, BUT WHAT EXACTLY WAS THE IMPACT OF HIS SERMONS
AND THIS THEOCRATIC GOVERNMENT ON THE ARTS? HOW DID ARTISTS RESPOND TO
HIS ATTACKS ON THEIR ART AND HIS CALLS FOR REFORM?
THIS LECTURE IS PART OF A UWA INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED STUDIES LECTURE
SERIES:
THE INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED STUDIES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN
AUSTRALIA IS PLEASED TO PRESENT A SERIES OF LECTURES TO BE HELD IN
CONJUNCTION WITH THE EXHIBITION,_ A WINDOW ON ITALY – THE CORSINI
COLLECTION: MASTERPIECES FROM FLORENCE_, WHICH IS BEING HELD AT THE
ART GALLERY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA FROM 24 FEBRUARY – 18 JUNE 2018.
THE EXHIBITION IS ORGANISED BY THE GALLERIA CORSINI, FLORENCE,
AUCKLAND ART GALLERY TOI O TÃMAKI, THE ART GALLERY OF WESTERN
AUSTRALIA AND MONDOMOSTRE, ROME.
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