Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael, and Titian brought out the best in each other… and the worst.
This lecture views the lives and greatest works of the foremost Renaissance masters through the prism of their ardent rivalry. These Renaissance superstars passionately strived to outdo both living competitors and the masters of antiquity.
Who would have thought that the serene masterpieces of the High Renaissance owed so much of their vitality to backstage brawling? This lecture will make you see the artefacts produced by such creative brawlers in entirely new ways.

About the Presenter:
Arvi Wattel is a lecturer in the History of Art at UWA (School of Design). Before moving to Perth, he held fellowships at the Fondazione Ermitage in Ferrara, the Kunsthistorisches Institut (Max Planck Gesellschaft) in Florence, the Dutch Institute for Art History in Florence and the Royal Netherlandish Institute in Rome, and lectured at the Radboud University in Nijmegen, the University of Maastricht and for Oberlin College in Arezzo.

THINGS TO KNOW
This course will be held at The University Club of Western Australia.
Tea and coffee will served in the break.