November 1, 2011
One of Chapman University’s art faculty, Dr. Leopardi, is presenting a paper at the Annual Meeting of the Art Historians of Southern California Association. In Leopardi’s “Beyond Glittering Adornment: The Occult Magical Virtue of Engraved Gems in Sixteenth Century Italy,” she discusses the magic and apothropaic function behind the beauty of precious stones in Renaissance portraits.
Presentation will be held at
USC on November 5th.
This past summer, Dr. Samantha Dressel (English) and six of her current and former students attended the Rocky Mountain Medieval and Renaissance Association’s (RMMRA) annual conference in Cedar City, Utah. The Wilkinson group each presented papers and attended multiple Shakespeare performances at the festival, including Taming of the Shrew, Much Ado About Nothing, The Winter’s
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