Friday, August 21, 2020. 5.30 pm - 7.00 pm EDT. 75 minutes lecture, 15 minutes Q & A. The webinar will take place online through Google Meet. The webinar is $10 for all Filitalia members and non members. RSVP is required, so please reserve your ticket online. REGISTER NOW

Join Angela Cacciarru and the history about the birth of Reinassance in Firenze. In this iconic Italian city, one of the most extraordinary cultural movements of Western Civilization was born: The Renaissance. The name itself vividly evokes the rebirth and renewal of people and culture and a rethinking of art and creative expression.

Firenze was also the city where a prominent family came to power: the Medici, who greatly influenced Florentine economic and social development. Their name became a symbol of power, wealth and influence.
At the same time, the House of Medici played a crucial role in the promotion of world-changing ideas and art. Their protection and sponsorship of remarkable artistic geniuses, such as Brunelleschi, Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci, created the means for these luminaries to become eternal symbols of the Renaissance.

Would you like to explore Firenze and learn more about the fascinating history of the Medici and their support of Renaissance artists? Together, we will take an exciting virtual journey through the splendor of Firenze and the Italian Renaissance.

About Angela Cacciarru:
Angela was born and raised in Italy, and has more than twenty years of experience as an instructor of Italian language and culture. She got her BA in Economics from the University of Cagliari, in Sardinia, where she also collaborated with a poetry magazine as an editor and author.

She left Italy in 1990, and, since then, has developed an extensive international and multidisciplinary teaching background in the United States, Europe, and sub-Saharan Africa. She became an United States citizen in 2004.

Her knowledge of Human Geography, her academic specialty since her Ph.D. at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has been important in diversifying and broadening the content of her classes.