Join Us for
Our Tenth Season
of Art Lectures
The Institute opens its tenth season of art lectures by Professor William Fredlund at the Sunnyvale Community Center Theater located at 550 East Remington Drive, just off El Camino in Sunnyvale. During our 2010-2011 season, we will discuss four of the greatest museums in Italy. Each evening begins at 6:30 PM with an audience-participation reception, with wine provided by the Institute. The lecture begins at 7:30 PM. Join us for a season of fun evenings filled with stunning images and terrific insights into the art and history of Italy.
NEW! Our Friday lecture series has sold out! Due to strong demand for this series, we've added an additional set of lectures, on Saturdays.
Friday and Saturday, October 22 and 23, 2010 ~ "The Brera Art Gallery of Milan" (La Pinacoteca di Brera)
The Brera, just up the street from the great opera house of La Scala, is one of the greatest painting collections in the world. Housed in what was once a Jesuit convent that was later amplified, the great Palazzo Brera dominates its neighborhood and offers the visitor a complete history of painting.
Friday and Saturday, January 14 and 15, 2011 ~ "The Accademia of Venice" (L'Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia)
Situated on the south bank of the Grand Canal of Venice, the Accademia, founded in 1750 by the Senate of Venice as a school of painting, sculpture, and architecture, now hosts the greatest collection of Venetian painting in the world. To know Venetian art you must visit the Accademia. On January 14 we will all go there together.
Friday and Saturday, March 25 and 26, 2011 ~ "The Uffizi Gallery of Florence" (Galleria degli Uffizi)
The Uffizi collection was a gift to the world by a brilliant and wise woman—the last of the Medici, Anna Maria Luisa. Her bequest required that the collection remain together in the palace and that it be open to the citizens of Italy and to the citizens of all nations. It opened in 1765, one of the first of its kind, and today it is one of the most popular tourist des-tinations in the world.
Friday and Saturday, May 27 and 28, 2011 ~ "The Vatican Museums" (I Musei Vaticani)
On our last evening together we will go to Rome, where we will visit the great collection of art assembled by the Popes and now presented in the museum founded by Pope Julius II. The museum complex includes the painting collection, the Sistine Chapel with Michelangelo's vision of Creation, and the papal apartments with Raphael's magnificent frescoes.
Friday, October 22, 2010: "The Brera Art Gallery of Milan"
Friday, January 14, 2011: "The Accademia of Venice"
Friday, March 25, 2011: "The Uffizi Gallery of Florence"
Friday, May 27, 2011: "The Vatican Museums"
Lectures begin at 7:30 PM.
Audience-participation receptions begin at 6:30 PM.
The Friday series of lectures will be held at the Sunnyvale Community Center, located at 550 East Remington Drive.
The Friday series of lectures has been SOLD OUT, but we are pleased to offer an additional lecture series on Saturdays.
Saturday, October 23, 2010: "The Brera Art Gallery of Milan"
Saturday, January 15, 2011: "The Accademia of Venice"
Saturday, March 26, 2011: "The Uffizi Gallery of Florence"
Saturday, May 28, 2011: "The Vatican Museums"
The Saturday series of lectures will be held at the Institute, on Bubb Road in Cupertino.
The Saturday series lectures will begin at 7:00 PM,
with an audience-participation reception beginning at 6:00 PM.
Season tickets only: $100.00
Reservations required: Please call
(408) 864-4060
M-F 10:00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M.
LECTURER: William Fredlund, Ph.D.
Professor Fredlund documenting his observations at the Brera in Milan this summer.
WILLIAM FREDLUND obtained his BA and his MA from UCLA where he specialized in European history and Art history. After independent study in Europe, Dr. Fredlund came to Stanford University to pursue graduate study in history and humanities where he specialized in Renaissance Italy and completed a Ph.D. in both history and humanities. Dr. Fredlund studied in Italy on a Fulbright Fellowship where he began work on his book about Renaissance Italy. While living in Italy, he lectured extensively in Florence for American university programs such as those of UCLA and University of Michigan, as well as for University of Florence. In the United States, Dr. Fredlund has taught for UCLA, Stanford, and UCSC-Extension. Dr. Fredlund is currently writing a book entitled 1494:The Year the French Discovered Italy in which he explores the extraordinary changes that occurred in Italy during the crisis of 1494.
