USD Magazine Summer 2019

Right: Giovanni de’Vecchi, Design for a chapel decora- tion with the Resurrection, c. 1550-1600, brush drawing in brown and mauve wash with white over black and red chalk, ©The Trustees of the British Museum

he University of San Diego’s Hoehn Family Galleries will host Christ: Life, Death and Resurrection , an exhibition of original Italian Renaissance art that includes Michelangelo’s The Three Crosses , from September 13 – December 13. Of particular note, Michelangelo’s works have never before been exhibited in San Diego. This opportunity to show The Three Crosses and other representations of Christ’s divinity on the campus of the University of San Diego is unprecedented. Each of the 41 works on paper — including woodcuts, etchings and drawings in chalk and ink—present scenes of the Nativity, Crucifixion and Resurrection. Our students will benefit from this remarkable display. A special course on the Italian Renaissance in conjunction with the exhibit will be taught in the fall semester. Faculty members from Art History and Theology and Religious Studies will incorporate elements of the exhibition into their coursework. Student guides will facilitate visitors’experiences throughout. This extraordinary exhibition was curated by Hugo Chapman, Keeper of Prints and Drawings at the British Museum and one of the world’s leading authorities on Michelangelo’s drawings. AN EXTRAORDINARY EXHIBITION CHRIST: LIFE, DEATH AND RESURRECTION The Hoehn Family Galleries presents T

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