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[PAST EVENT] Third Thursday Lectures by John Spike | A Life Well Lived: Mattia Preti: Knight, Painter and Stoic
September 20, 2012
6pm
How to live a responsible life in a world in constant turmoil? In 17th-century Europe many leading thinkers and artists looked to ancient philosophers for ways to soothe the soul in emotional distress. The classical French painter, Nicolas Poussin, made no secret of his reliance on the rational, moral and stoic teachings of Seneca. "Neo-Stoicism", as this current of thought was named, can be traced as well in the sumptuous compositions painted by Peter Paul Rubens and the dramatic martyrdoms of Mattia Preti, considered the last great follower of Caravaggio. This lecture will serve to introduce the works of Mattia Preti (1613-1699), who will be featured next year in a major loan exhibition at the Muscarelle Museum of Art.
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