Il Gigante the Giant. Michelangelo's David
Tony Rawlins SpeakerNet Sponsor
- Region:
- Anywhere
- Notice Period:
- Short (maybe less than one month's notice)
- Type:
- Professional - Arts Society accredited
- Fee:
- Paid: 300 - 400
- Category:
- History
- Updated:
- 23rd April 2024
- Tagged:
- Michelangelo
It’s the fascinating story of how, in 16th Century Florence, a 26 year old Michelangelo took on the commission, against enormous odds, to carve a huge flawed and damaged hunk of marble to produce David, arguably the greatest sculpture of a male figure the world has ever seen. I describe Michelangelo’s early life, his time as an apprentice, then studying classical sculpture in the palace gardens of Florentine ruler Lorenzo de' Medici. How he obtained special permission from the Catholic Church to study cadavers and thus developed his unique insight into anatomy, to lay the groundwork for what would become Michelangelo's distinctive style: a muscular precision and reality combined with an almost lyrical beauty.
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TONY RAWLINS
Educated at Highgate School. Tony started his career in advertising in 1965 as a mail boy in the J. Walter Thompson advertising agency. Having worked his way up to Account Director over a period of 10 years, he then moved on to a number of Agencies until he set up his own in 1985, primarily to handle the Guinness account in Africa and the Caribbean, where he produced many campaigns and commercials over a period of 15 years.
He remains active in the industry, but now concentrates on more philanthropic projects, particularly producing an educational film in the rural villages of Nigeria for the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and more recently completing a sanitation project in Haiti after it was devastated by Hurricane Matthew in 2016.For many years he has been a member of, and more recently, an accredited Lecturer for the Arts Society.
His other experience includes presenting to marketing groups, sales conferences and students of creative advertising in the UK and overseas. He lectures to Arts Societies and U3As in the UK and Europe.
Married with 5 grown-up children, Tony lives in Wittersham, Kent. Hobbies include tennis, golf, cricket as well as playing guitar and choral singing in Church and Chamber Choirs.
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