Meet Michelangelo
In cooperation with Telfair Museums and the Exhibition Michelangelo’s Women: Images of Female Power and Divinity
Michelangelo was a sculptor, painter, architect, and poet whose work helped define the Italian Renaissance.
The exhibition at the Jepson Center is the first ever to focus on the artist’s female imagery and on the women who influenced him and preserved his legacy. Drawn from the historic collections of Michelangelo’s own family, it is organized exclusively for Telfair Museums and will not be seen elsewhere in the U.S.
The programs and lectures at The Learning Center examine Michelangelo’s life, work, and artistic legacy, including an overview of his career, his portrayals of women, and a closer look at six of his best-known works.
Michelangelo: A Life in Six Masterpieces
Book and art discussion with Linda McWhorter and Roger Smith.
Location: The Learning Center, 3025 Bull Street (parking and entry on Jasper Street)
1:30 - 2:30 pm | Thursdays | October 1, 8, and 15
Discount for current members of Telfair Museums (use code TELFAIR) or The Learning Center (use code TLC).
Historian Miles Unger explores the storied life of Michelangelo through the lens of six of the master’s works. Compelling readings, guided group discussions, and stunning slide images characterize this interactive discussion course.
Text for the course: Michelangelo: A Life in Six Masterpieces
Program price includes a copy of the text.
Michelangelo: A Beginner’s Guide to His Genius
Four lectures by Gary Radke
Location: The Learning Center, 3025 Bull Street (parking and entry on Jasper Street)
The series must be purchased in its entirety; not open to individual lecture enrollment.
Discount for current members of Telfair Museums (use code TELFAIR) or The Learning Center (use code TLC).
CHALLENGING ANTIQUITY | 3:00 - 4:00 pm | Tuesday | October 27
Michelangelo learned the lessons of antiquity and surpassed them, creating the Pieta and the David while still a young man.
ENVISIONING SACRED HISTORY | 3:00 - 4:00 PM | Thursday | October 29
Michelangelo, primarily a sculptor, painted biblical scenes, heroic figures, and fictive architecture on the Sistine Chapel .
COMMEMORATING THE HIGH AND MIGHTY | 3:00 - 4:00 PM | Tuesday | November 3
A proponent of the Florentine republic, Michelangelo nevertheless eagerly accepted private commissions for funerary monuments from the Medicis and Pope Julius II.
CONTEMPLATING DEATH AND RESURRECTION | 3:00 - 4:00 PM | Thursday | November 5
An old man obsessed with his own eternal destiny, Michelangelo painted The Last Judgement and carved the Pietas for his own tomb.
Michelangelo’s Women: Images of Female Power and Divinity
Exhibit Talk by Gary Radke, followed by an exhibition visit.
Location: Jepson Center for the Arts, 207 West York Street
3:00 - 5:00 pm | Tuesday | November 10
Free to members of Telfair Museums (use code MICHELANGELO).
Preference given through November 2 to paid enrollees of Michelangelo: A Beginner’s Guide.
The exhibit curator shares his thoughts on this one-of-a-kind exhibition before attendees experience the show at their own pace .
