Arts & Ideas Series
Arts & Ideas Series
The Arts & Ideas Series focuses on how the arts deepen and broaden our understanding of contemporary issues. As with so many Institute programs, this series reflects Institute founder Walter Paepcke's vision of "the Aspen Idea [as] the cross-fertilization of minds," which, as Shakespeare knew, is a vision of how the arts enable us to "apprehend more than cool reason ever comprehends."
The series of programs each year will involve Aspen Institute participants who love the arts and want to connect great artistic experiences to a deeper understanding of society and politics.
We will examine what all art forms — including theater, visual arts, architecture, film, television, music, ballet, poetry, fashion, and culinary arts — tell us about political, social, and economic ideas.
Future programs will collaborate with local organizations such as Theater Masters and Theatre Aspen for drama; Anderson Ranch and Aspen Art Museum for visual arts; Aspen Music Festival for music; Aspen Film Festival for film; Aspen-Santa Fe Ballet for dance; and the Cooking School of Aspen for culinary arts.
Register Now For our next event:
Florence II: That One-Man Renaissance -- Leonardo daVinci
December 13 - 15, 2008
Sponsored by:
Anneliese & Larry Ladin
Back by popular demand, after the top-rated seminar on Florence last December, this seminar will focus on that wonder of the Renaissance, and wonder of the modern world, Leonardo da Vinci -- renowned scientist, mathematician, inventor, anatomist, painter, sculptor, architect, botanist, musician, and military engineer.
You name it, and Leonardo did it.
Our moderators will lead us through what stunning feats Leonardo did, and how he did them, during three morning sessions on December 13th, 14th and 15th, for four hours each.
Each session will begin with a dramatic reading by a professional actor of Leonardo’s personality and temperament, which contributed to his burst of creativity in both the arts and sciences.
Leading and inspiring us will be world-class experts from Florence, London, and New York, including: William R. Cook, SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor of History at the State University of NY at Geneseo, author of celebrated books on the Renaissance; Ross King, author of best-selling books on Brunelleschi’s dome and Michelangelo's ceiling; Bulent Atalay, professor of physics at the University of Mary Washington and author of Math and the Mona Lisa: The Art and Science of Leonardo da Vinci; and Simonetta Brandolini d'Adda, our key moderator, seminar organizer and expert on Florence.
The fee for this seminar is $550 per person, which includes the public panel discussion, the seminar, accompanying readings, breakfast each day, and a closing lunch. To register, please contact Jessica Peet, Program Coordinator at The Aspen Institute, at 970-544-7914 or Jessica.peet@aspeninstitute.org. Please register soon, as this seminar will sell out.
For more information on the Series, please contact Jessica Peet at 970/544-7914 or jessica.peet@aspeninstitute.org.