This program is over. Hope you didn't miss it! Browse other programs we offer Ravenna: The Twilight of the Roman Empire Art-full Friday, Live from Tuscany Afternoon Lecture/Seminar Friday, April 5, 2024 - 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. ET Code: 1D0044 Location: This online program is presented on Zoom. Select your Registration $25 Member $30 Non-Member Resize text Basilica of San Vitale, Ravenna For a brief, dazzling moment, Ravenna was an unlikely refuge for a world drifting apart. The city’s history, enshrined in superb Byzantine mosaics, reflects the twilight of the Roman Empire and the beginning of the Middle Ages. While ageless monuments were falling everywhere, Ravenna was crowded with new and sumptuous palaces and monuments. As the capital of the Western Roman Empire in its last days, then of the occidental provinces of the Byzantine Empire, it offered a refuge of luxury and splendor, a return to antique civilization rising above the relentless waves of Barbarians. Art historian Elaine Ruffolo leads an exploration of Ravenna's extraordinary early Christian-era structures, which UNESCO has recognized for their magnificent displays of mosaic art, and what they reveal of artistic and religious relationships and contacts at an important period of European cultural history. World Art History Certificate elective: Earn 1/2 credit* Additional Art-full Friday Programs May 3: The Footsteps of Piero della Francesca May 31: Images of Christ: Variations and Themes (Rescheduled) June 7: Michelangelo and the Medici Popes: Friendship, Patronage, and Betrayal General Information View Common FAQs and Policies about our Online Programs on Zoom. *Enrolled participants in the World Art History Certificate Program receive 1/2 elective credit. Not yet enrolled? Learn about the program, its benefits, and how to register here.
