"Masters of the Italian High Renaissance" Lecture with Ruth Grim

Wednesday, May 13, 2026 | 2:00 - 3:30pm

Works of art by Leonardo Da Vinci, Michelangelo & Raphael are certainly some of the most recognized images the world over. This lecture will feature these iconic works, and also the fascinating stories surrounding them, while delving a little deeper to look at the breadth of each artist’s career.

From Da Vinci’s legacy as one of the geniuses of Renaissance science and humanism, to Michelangelo’s audacious celebration of the human body and corporal experience, to the brilliance of the “gentleman painter” Raphael, many of the ideas, philosophies and theories that are at the foundation of our modern world were advanced through the work of these artists.

It's hard to overstate the importance of the Italian Renaissance period when European culture rebounded with vengeance from the Dark Ages – the Middle Ages – when intellectual curiosity and advancement had been generally stifled due to plague, war, economic hardship, and subservience to the Papal state. These artists have influenced generation after generation of artists, visual and otherwise, since the early 1500s. And they still are to this day.

Come and learn more about the artists and works of art you may have thought you knew well already. They are bound to inspire all over again. 

This 90-minute program is included with museum admission ($8 general; $5 seniors, college, and military with ID; $3 youth ages 6–17), but is completely FREE for current OMAM members and U.S. veterans. 

Registration will close when talk is full.

The Mona Lisa by Leonardo Da Vinci, painted 1503-1519; Creation of Adam by Michelangelo, 1508-1512; Le Belle Jardiniere by Raphael, 1507

About the Speaker

Ruth Grim has a Master of Arts from the New York University Institute of Fine Arts with a specialization in 18th and 19th century European art. Her museum career spans 32 years of curatorial work throughout the state including 18 years at the Bass Museum in Miami Beach, seven years at the Appleton Museum of Art in Ocala, and more than six years as chief curator at the Museum of Arts & Sciences in Daytona Beach.