In order to watch the Tuesday Ten Talks,
“ARS LONGA, VITA BREVIS”
History is often recounted with big books and explanations of boggling complexity. We’d like to challenge that model—and ourselves—by addressing major themes in a concentrated format and using just ten archival documents or ten historical objects. This is the idea behind our online lecture series: brief showcases of fun, fascinating archival finds.
Every Tuesday, Friends of the Medici Archive Project are treated to the Tuesday Ten Talks led by MAP scholars. On occasion, we partner with other institutions to shake things up a bit and keep everyone on their toes.
Previous Talks
September 22
The Life of Cosimo I de’ Medici in Ten Documents
Alessio Assonitis – MAP
September 29
Did Flowers Have a Renaissance?
Ten Insights into Early Modern Botany and Gardening
Sheila Barker – MAP
October 6
Ten Steps to Recovering Lost Music of the Medici
Mark Spyropoulos – MAP
October 13
Ten Astonishing Documents in the Medici Archives:
Fake News, Incredible Events, Mind-Blowing Marvels
Alessio Assonitis – MAP
THE FOLLOWING RECORDED TALKS ARE RESERVED FOR THE FRIENDS OF THE MEDICI ARCHIVE PROJECT
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October 20
*co-organized by TACITROOTS*
Galileo Between Craft and Court:
A Constellation of Ten Documents
Cristiano Zanetti – TACIT ROOTS
Sheila Barker – MAP
October 27
A Visit to Ten Spaces in the Florentine Ghetto
Gabriele Mancuso – MAP
November 3
Amazing Grace: Caravaggio’s Later Paintings
John T. Spike
November 10
*Hosted by the Grolier Club*
Cosimo I de’ Medici: Bibliophile and Grand Duke
Alessio Assonitis – MAP
November 17, 4:30 pm EST
Strange Weapons, Strange Users:
Ten Highlights from the Medici ‘Armory’
Maurizio Arfaioli – MAP
November 24
Catherine de’ Medici:
Ten Revealing Letters about an Accidental Queen
Sheila ffolliott – MAP
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Upcoming Talks
December 1, 12:00 pm EST *note the time
*Hosted by GemX*
Tales of Potable Gold, Pregnancy Stones, and Other “Pearls” from the Medici Archives
Sheila Barker – MAP
December 8, 5:30 pm EST
*co-Organized with the Frick Collection*
Casting the Medici:
Ten Famous Medici in the Scher Collection of Commemorative Medals
Aimee Ng – The Frick Collection
Alessio Assonitis – MAP
December 15, 3:30 pm EST
The World (According to Early Modern News Reports)
Brendan Dooley – MAP
December 22, 5:30 pm EST
What the Medici Ate:
Ten Menu Suggestions for the Holidays
Alessio Assonitis – MAP
December 29, 5:30 pm EST
How to Drink Like a Medici:
Wines, Waters, Jeweled Juleps,
and a Physician at the Table
Sheila Barker – MAP
January 5, 12:00 pm EST
Magnificent to Behold:
Ten Great Moments in Pucci Patronage
Carla D’Arista – MAP Series Author
January 12, 6:00 pm EST
*Hosted by the Grolier Club*
Cristofano Bronzini on Women’s Dignity and Nobility:
a Monument of 17th-Century Feminism
Sheila Barker – MAP
January 19, 12:00 pm EST
“That she bewitched my son…”
Poland’s Early Modern Witch-Trials
Łukasz Hajdrych – Adam Mickiewicz University
February 2, 12:00 pm EST
Ten Treasures from the Basilica of Santo Spirito in Florence
Antonia Fondaras – MAP
February 9, 12:00 pm EST
Louis XIV and the Power of Women
Philip Mansel
February 16, 12:00 pm EST
Ten Surprising Recent Discoveries
About Artemisia Gentileschi
Sheila Barker – MAP
February 23, 12:00 pm EST
Early Modern Visions of Persia:
Ten Objects in Italian Collections
Negar Rokhgar – Pratt Institute
March 2, 12:00 pm EST
Ten Famous (and not-so-famous) Jews
in the Medici Archive
Gabriele Mancuso – MAP
March 9, 12:00 pm EST
Ten Images from the Last Will and
Testament of Luca Riva, A Deaf Artist in
Spanish Milan
Jesse Locker – Portland State University
March 16, 12:00 pm EST
Maladetta Fossa!
The Life of the River Arno in Ten Documents
Alessio Assonitis – MAP
