Works By Michelangelo, Bernini, Other Italian Masters Go On View Today At Cantor Arts Center

News from Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University:

500 Years of Italian Master Drawings from the Princeton University Art Museum: on view May 22–August 24, 2015 at the Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University. Nearly 100 dazzling and rarely seen drawings dating from the the early Renaissance to early Modernism, the 15th through the 20th centuries, will be on view in this exhibition.

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Nearly 100 masterworks from the 15th through the 20th centuries—accompanied by new research and fresh insights—go on view at the Cantor Arts Center today -- May 22 -- in 500 Years of Italian Master Drawings from the Princeton University Art Museum.

The exhibition, which is organized thematically, includes a markedly broad spectrum of works, ranging from the early Renaissance to early Modernism. As such it is a panoramic depiction of the pivotal role played by drawing, or “disegno,” in the Italian design process. In that process, drawing encompasses both the mental formulation and the physical act of creation and focuses on the human figure.

This major traveling exhibition features rarely seen highlights by such artists as Michelangelo, Barocci, Bernini, Carpaccio, Annibale Carracci, Guercino, Modigliani, Parmigianino, Giambattista and Domenico Tiepolo, Tintoretto and Veronese. Many of the drawings have benefited from new discoveries concerning attribution, iconography, date, function and provenance.

Among the noteworthy findings is the discovery, first made in the 1990s, of an architectural sketch by Michelangelo on the reverse side of a study of heads that had been tentatively associated with the artist. The ground plan for an unrealized chapel was revealed through infrared reflectography.

RELATED PROGRAMS

Figure Drawing Workshop Saturday, June 20, 1:30–4 p.m., Cantor auditorium.

Limited capacity; please click here to RSVP. Ages 15 and up

Larry Lippold, recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts grant and former Cantor preparator, teaches techniques employed in works from 500 Years of Italian Master Drawings from the Princeton University Art Museum. Participants work from a live model and use materials provided by the Cantor

Tours: Thursdays at 12:15 p.m., Saturdays and Sundays at 2 p.m. beginning May 28

Visitor information

The Cantor Arts Center is open Wednesday–Monday, 11 a.m.–5 p.m., Thursday until 8 p.m. Admission is free. The Cantor is located on the Stanford campus, off Palm Drive at Museum Way. Parking is free after 4 p.m. weekdays and all day on weekends and major holidays. Information: 650-723-4177, museum.stanford.edu.

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