Rodin and Michelangelo: A Study In Artistic Inspiration
and
The Hands of Rodin: A Tribute to B. Gerald Cantor
Educational and Public Programs
LECTURES:
Sunday, April 20, 2:30 p.m.
Van Pelt Auditorium
Rodin and Inspiration, with Christopher Riopelle, Associate Curator
of European Painting before 1900
Free after Museum admission.
Sunday, May 18, 2:30 p.m.
Van Pelt Auditorium
Rodin's Kiss, with Daniel Rosenfeld, The Edna F. Tuttleman
Director of the Museum of American Art of the Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts
Free after Museum admission.
Sunday, June 8, 2:30 p.m.
Van Pelt Auditorium
The Fragments and The Unfinished Body, with David Cast,
Professor of the History of Art, Bryn Mawr College
Free after Museum admission.
The Albert M. Greenfield Lecture
Sunday, April 6, 1:30 p.m.
Van Pelt Auditorium
Michelangelo Rediscovered: The Cleaning of Michelangelo's Frescoes
in the Sistine Chapel, with Dr. Walter Persegati, former Secretary
General and Treasurer of the Vatican Monuments, Museums and Art Galleries
Free after Museum admission.
ART HISTORY COURSES:
Rodin and His Time, with Glenn Tomlinson, Staff Lecturer in
charge of Academic Affairs
This course traces the career of the master of 19th-century sculpture.
Thursdays, 4 sessions: May 1, 8, 15, 22 - 10:30-11:30 a.m.
or
Saturdays, 2 sessions: May 10 and 24 - 10:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m.
Members and senior citizens, $50.00
non-Members, $80.00
Preregistration is required. Call (215) 684-7605 for information.
CONCERT:
The Scholars of London
Sunday, May 4, 2:30 p.m.
Van Pelt Auditorium
The Scholars of London will present a program of works by Composers
for the Sistine Chapel. Sacred music and madrigals by Mouton, Palestrina,
Marenzio, Viadana, Lotti and A. Scarlatti will highlight the program.
Tickets after Museum admission: $10.00 for Members, senior citizens and
students with valid I.D.; $15.00 for non-Members. Call (215) 684-7605 for
tickets and information.
STUDY GALLERY:
Sculpture in the Making, a study gallery, will adjoin both
exhibitions. It will have a three-dimensional, step-by-step demonstration
of the lost-wax bronze casting process, a video, labels explaining the
sand method of bronze casting (which was most often used by Rodin), and
illustrated panels depicting the deterioration and later conservation of
the Rodin Museum's Thinker. Books about the artists as well as other
information resources will also be available.
EDUCATIONAL VIDEO:
A 10-minute documentary will provide the historical context for the
exhibitions, as well as insight to Rodin and Michelangelo's artistic
processes. Images, narration, music and Rodin's own words will explain
the aesthetic impact of his Michelangelo-inspired pilgrimage to Italy.
This video will be shown within the exhibition galleries and will be
available to hospitals, nursing homes and retirement centers.
SCHOOL PROGRAMS:
Tours for school groups may be scheduled on Mondays during the run
of the exhibition. Please call (215) 684-7582 for information.
OUTREACH PROGRAMS:
Museum educators will visit nursing homes, hospitals and retirement
centers. Please call (215) 684-7602 for information.
PROGRAMS FOR OLDER ADULTS AND SPECIAL AUDIENCES:
A workshop featuring an exhibition tour and hands-on modeling in
clay will be available for older adults, people living with AIDS,
and those with mental and emotional disabilities. By appointment only.
Call (215) 684-7602 for information.
