Meet the Masters

6:00 p.m., James S. Copley Auditorium
$12 members/$15 nonmembers/$7 students

SDMA’s premier lecture series presents four noted authorities who will provide in-depth looks at various topics in art history.

“Who Was Asher B. Durand?”
April 8, Tuesday

How shall we remember Durand? As the foremost engraver of his time? As a founder of the National Academy of Design? As the early champion of plein-air painting and mentor to a generation of landscape artists? Linda S. Ferber, Ph.D., vice president of the New-York Historical Society, will demonstrate that, in fact, we remember this remarkable and still-underappreciated figure for all of these contributions.

“The Supernatural in Italian Renaissance Art”
April 16, Wednesday

Christian Kleinbub, Ph.D., will explore the ways in which some of the Renaissance artists most committed to naturalism made room for the supernatural in their paintings. Kleinbub is assistant professor of Italian Renaissance art at the Ohio State University.

“The Art and Mystery of San Diego County Cemeteries”
May 19, Monday

Dr. Seth Mallios, chair of SDSU anthropology and director of the San Diego Gravestone Project, will discuss artistic trends and anomalies in mortuary symbolism at local cemeteries.

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