This event is in the past.It took place on February 18, 2026 at Mason Emily.
Fine Arts TalkFine Arts TalkProfessor Alexander Nagel traces how Renaissance artists started painting figures at actual human size, a radical shift that changed how we relate to art for the next 500 years.
Art history lecture
Renaissance scholarship
Evening talk
Tips
🎓Nagel wrote 'Medieval Modern' and 'Michelangelo and the Reform of Art'
🖼️look for examples in the League's galleries before the talk
đź“ťRSVP on Eventbrite, space is limited
The Life Scale Revolution in European Painting
Flatiron District
Fine Arts TalkFine Arts TalkProfessor Alexander Nagel traces how Renaissance artists started painting figures at actual human size, a radical shift that changed how we relate to art for the next 500 years.
Art history lecture
Renaissance scholarship
Evening talk
Tips
🎓Nagel wrote 'Medieval Modern' and 'Michelangelo and the Reform of Art'
🖼️look for examples in the League's galleries before the talk
đź“ťRSVP on Eventbrite, space is limited
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