Travel to the Vatican from Home.Take a trip to the Papal States within Rome with a virtual tour of the Vatican of one of the Vatican’s most highly qualified specialist scholars. The Vatican’s masterpieces are well known throughout the world – Saint Peter’s Basilica, Sistine Chapel, Apostolic Palace and the papal art galleries – although the details and their history often remain elusive. In introduction to the Vatican, we will go on a behind the scenes visual excursion to unravel major historical and artistic moments in the history of the Vatican.
- Be transported to Italy and the Vatican museums from your own home!
- Learn and discover little known mysteries inside the Vatican and Sistine Chapel
- Q&A with a world-class expert and art historian scholar
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Travel to the Vatican from HomeTake a trip to the Papal States within Rome with a virtual tour of the Vatican of one of the Vatican’s most highly qualified specialist scholars.
The Vatican’s masterpieces are well known throughout the world – Saint Peter’s Basilica, Sistine Chapel, Apostolic Palace and the papal art galleries – although the details and their history often remain elusive. In introduction to the Vatican, we will go on a behind the scenes visual excursion to unravel major historical and artistic moments in the history of the Vatican.Highlights of this virtual tour – a Vatican art history experience:
• Be transported to Italy and the Vatican museums from your own home!
• Q&A with a world-class expert and art historian scholar• Learn and discover little known mysteries inside the Vatican and Sistine Chapel
• Go behind the scenes of the VaticanThis week’s focus:We will go inside the papal art galleries at the Vatican Museums to look at some of the artistic and architectural masterworks. Papal collections of pagan art for art’s sake.
Focus: TransformationPapal commissions of religious art for Christianity’s sake
Focus: PropagationYour Vatican Masterclass Expert:
Dr Longhurst holds a Pontifical doctorate summa cum laude from the Angelicum, Rome, in theological aesthetics – an interdisciplinary field of study which explores the dialogue between religion and the arts. His expertise revolves around how religions use the arts to propagate their messages and how artists draw from religion as inspiration for their artworks.
