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Raphael is sometimes said to have combined the grace of Leonardo with the power of Michelangelo into a new synthesis, thus bringing the High Renaissance in Italy to its zenith. From his untimely death on Good Friday at the age of 36 through the middle of the 19th century, he was considered to be the greatest artist of the Renaissance. However, with the advent of modern art in the late 19th century, Raphael was regarded as the least original of the triumvirate and as a result his work is not as well known. A major retrospective of the artist's work is at the Metropolitan Museum through June 28, 2026.
Dennis Raverty is a speaker, author and art historian who for decades has delighted audiences with lively presentations at libraries, churches, synagogues, hostels and business lunches on a variety of topics in the history of art, from the Italian Renaissance to the Harlem Renaissance. His articles and criticism have appeared in Art Journal, Art in America, The International Review of African American Art, Art Criticism, The New Art Examiner, Prospects: An Annual of American Studies, Source: Notes in the History of Art, and Art Papers, where he was a contributing editor. He authored four entries for the most recent edition of the Grove Encyclopedia of American Art, published by Oxford University Press (2011).
The lecture will be at the Great Neck Library, 159 Bayview Avenue, Great Neck, on Thursday, May 7, at 1 p.m. Registration is not required; seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information, please call Great Neck Library at (516) 466-8055 or email adultprogramming@greatnecklibrary.org.