“Guido Reni: The Success and Failure of the Italian Rubens” topic of Detroit Institute of Arts’ annual Dr. Coleman Mopper Memorial Lecture Elizabeth Cropper, dean, Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C is
Updated Apr 5, 2018
April 2, 2018 (Detroit)—The Detroit Institute of Arts’ (DIA) annual Dr. Coleman Mopper Memorial Lecture features Elizabeth Cropper, dean, Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C presenting the talk “Guido Reni: The Success and Failure of the Italian Rubens.” The event is on Thursday, April 19 at 6:30 p.m. in the museum’s Lecture Hall and is free.
The Bolognese painter Guido Reni (1575–1642) was once considered to be among the most prominent painters in Europe. In his 1678 account of Guido’s life Carlo Cesare Malvasia compared him to the great Flemish painter Peter Paul Rubens, but lamented his failure to capitalize on his success during his lifetime. A compulsive gambler, yet obsessive about control of his living arrangements, Reni presents a series of fascinating paradoxes that will be examined in this lecture in connection with some of his best-known works, including the DIA’s “Head of Christ Crowned with Thorns.”
Cropper has lectured and published widely in the field of Italian Renaissance and baroque painting and has held several distinguished visiting appointments, including the Slade Professorship at Cambridge University and at the Harvard Center for Renaissance Studies in Florence, Italy.
The lecture is sponsored by the Dr. Coleman Mopper Memorial Endowment Fund in conjunction with the DIA’s European Paintings Council and the Visiting Committee for European Sculpture and Decorative Arts.
“It is a true pleasure to welcome a scholar of such erudition as Elizabeth Cropper to the DIA,” said Eve Straussman-Pflanzer, DIA department head and curator of European art. “A leading figure in the field of early modern art history, her publications in the field of Baroque art have inspired a generation of scholars and art lovers alike.”
April 2, 2018 (Detroit)—The Detroit Institute of Arts’ (DIA) annual Dr. Coleman Mopper Memorial Lecture features Elizabeth Cropper, dean, Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C presenting the talk “Guido Reni: The Success and Failure of the Italian Rubens.” The event is on Thursday, April 19 at 6:30 p.m. in the museum’s Lecture Hall and is free.
The Bolognese painter Guido Reni (1575–1642) was once considered to be among the most prominent painters in Europe. In his 1678 account of Guido’s life Carlo Cesare Malvasia compared him to the great Flemish painter Peter Paul Rubens, but lamented his failure to capitalize on his success during his lifetime. A compulsive gambler, yet obsessive about control of his living arrangements, Reni presents a series of fascinating paradoxes that will be examined in this lecture in connection with some of his best-known works, including the DIA’s “Head of Christ Crowned with Thorns.”
Cropper has lectured and published widely in the field of Italian Renaissance and baroque painting and has held several distinguished visiting appointments, including the Slade Professorship at Cambridge University and at the Harvard Center for Renaissance Studies in Florence, Italy.
The lecture is sponsored by the Dr. Coleman Mopper Memorial Endowment Fund in conjunction with the DIA’s European Paintings Council and the Visiting Committee for European Sculpture and Decorative Arts.
“It is a true pleasure to welcome a scholar of such erudition as Elizabeth Cropper to the DIA,” said Eve Straussman-Pflanzer, DIA department head and curator of European art. “A leading figure in the field of early modern art history, her publications in the field of Baroque art have inspired a generation of scholars and art lovers alike.”