Join The Ringling Art Library, in collaboration with the Jane Cook Bancroft Library of New College and University of South Florida, Sarasota-Manatee, for Literati, a book group that discusses books about art and subjects reflecting the Ringling collections.
This program is free and registration is not required. Literati meets in The Ringling’s Art Library. Books can be purchased at The Ringling’s Museum Store. For further information, contact the Art Library at 359-5700, ex. 2701.
Schedule
Sept 19 @ 6:00 PM: Saving Mona Lisa: The Battle to Protect the Louvre and its Treasures from the Nazis by Gerri Chanel
Sept 20 @ 10:30 AM: Saving Mona Lisa: The Battle to Protect the Louvre and its Treasures from the Nazis by Gerri Chanel
Oct 17 @ 6:00 PM: A Perfect Red: Empire, Espionage, and the Quest for the Color of Desire by Amy Butler Greenfield
Oct 18 @ 10:30 AM: A Perfect Red: Empire, Espionage, and the Quest for the Color of Desire by Amy Butler Greenfield
Nov 14 @ 6:00 PM: The Magician of the Modern: Chick Austin and the Transformation of the Arts in America by Eugene R. Gaddis
Nov 15 @ 10:30 AM: The Magician of the Modern: Chick Austin and the Transformation of the Arts in America by Eugene R. Gaddis
Dec 12 @ 6:00 PM: Glittering Images: A Journey Through Art from Egypt to Star Wars by Camilla Paglia
Dec 13 @ 10:30 AM: Glittering Images: A Journey Through Art from Egypt to Star Wars by Camilla Paglia
Jan 10 @ 10:30 AM: The Peony Pavilion by Tang Xianzu
Feb 14 @ 10:30 AM: 14 Uncommon Clay: Life and Works of Augustus Saint-Gaudens by Burke Wilkinson
Mar 27 @ 10:30 AM: Bluebeard: A Novel by Kurt Vonnegut
Apr 16 @ 6:00 PM: Stealing the Mystic Lamb: The True Story of the World's Most Coveted Masterpiece by Noah Charney
Apr 17 @ 10:30 AM: Stealing the Mystic Lamb: The True Story of the World's Most Coveted Masterpiece by Noah Charney
May 14 @ 6:00 PM: Oil and Marble: A Novel of Leonardo and Michelangelo by Stephanie Storey
May 15 @ 10:30 AM: Oil and Marble: A Novel of Leonardo and Michelangelo by Stephanie Storey