Announcing the
Dante Alighieri Society’s
February English Meeting

Wednesday, February 10, 2021
Zoom room opens at 7:00 - Link below!!
Presentation begins at 7:30 

The Innocents at Home
presented by Rob Prufer



 

 

The Innocents at Home explores Florence’s remarkable Renaissance institution, the Hospital of the Innocents. We’ll trace its life from its creation as a civic orphanage in the early 15th century all the way up to its associated institutions today. We’ll investigate the story of its founding patron and attempts by directors through the centuries to secure adequate funding by commissioning art for the orphanage. And of course we’ll appreciate the remarkable architecture by Brunelleschi and the darling terra cottas by the della Robbia family.
 

In addition to his day job teaching art history and history at Newport H.S. in Bellevue, Rob Prufer used to lecture on art history in the community, particularly at Dante and the Bellevue Arts Museum’s Loggia Lecture Series. Since the pandemic, however, adapting education to a remote environment has been all-consuming. The Innocents at Home was the last art history project he created, a whirlwind effort in March and April as an expression of gratitude to all the healthcare workers in our community.
 

 

Topic: Dante February English Meeting
Time: Feb 10, 2021 07:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

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