A lecture by Mark Roberts
The Annunciation, commemorated on 25 March, was regarded by Christians as the central event in human history, and in Florence at any rate all dating was based on it. Not until the mid-eighteenth century did the Florentine year begin on 1 January. For Tuscan artists such as Duccio, Giotto, Simone Martini, Ghiberti, Donatello, Botticelli and Leonardo, it was an ever-popular subject and one that exercised their talents to the full. Mark Roberts surveys the field, and along the way glances at the theme of the Annunciation in liturgical drama, polychrome sculpture and Latin epic poetry.
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This lecture is sponsored by Gail Cocke and Mac Hruska.