Michelangelo, 鈥楧avid鈥 to share spotlight in MSU program
Contact: Karyn Brown
STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥擜n internationally recognized authority on one of the greatest artists of all time鈥攁nd, arguably, his greatest creation鈥攚ill speak Sept. 21 at 亚洲色吧视频.
鈥淢ichelangelo鈥檚 David: From Renaissance Icon to Modern Activist鈥 is the title of Victor Coonin鈥檚 address to begin at 4 p.m. in Foster Ballroom U of the Colvard Student Union.
Free and open to all, the event is co-sponsored by the Institute for the Humanities鈥 2016-17 Distinguished Lecture Series and the Department of Art.
Coonin will highlight research undertaken for his 2014 book-length monograph titled 鈥淔rom Marble to Flesh: The Biographies of Michelangelo鈥檚 David鈥 (Florentine Press). He is the James F. Ruffin Professor of Art History at Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee, where he has taught since 1995.
Over his professional career, Coonin has been honored with a number of scholarships from the prestigious J. William Fulbright, Samuel H. Kress and Andrew W. Mellon foundations. His writings on Italian Renaissance art have been featured in such major journals as the Burlington Magazine, Metropolitan Museum Journal and Artibus et Historiae.
In addition to a doctorate from Rutgers University, he holds a master鈥檚 degree from Syracuse University鈥檚 study-abroad campus in Florence, Italy, and a bachelor鈥檚 from Oberlin College. For more biographical information, visit .
鈥淚t is a great honor to have Professor Coonin share his expertise about one of the most important works in human history,鈥 said art department head Angie E. Bourgeois. His presentation 鈥減romises to cause us to think critically about the evolving impact of Michelangelo鈥檚 David on cultures from its creation in the Renaissance to our own time.鈥
William Anthony Hay, Institute for the Humanities director, said Coonin鈥檚 professional work epitomizes 鈥渉ow an iconic artwork develops a life of its own as successive generations bring to it their own understandings.
鈥淲e are delighted to have him open the distinguished lecture series for the 2016-17 academic year,鈥 Hay added.
MSU鈥檚 Institute for the Humanities is a unit of the College of Arts and Sciences, while the art department is part of the College of Architecture, Art and Design. For more on each, see and .
Other details about Coonin鈥檚 campus visit is available from Hay at whay@history.msstate.edu or Bourgeois at abourgeois@caad.msstate.edu. Karyn Brown, College of Arts and Sciences communications director, may be reached at kbrown@deanas.msstate.edu or 662-325-7952.
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