FACT OR POLITICAL FICTION: PORTRAIT MEDALS OF THE WARRIOR POPE

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2022, 5:30 PM (PST)

ART, DESIGN, AND ARCHITECTURE MUSEUM

Presented by UCSB’s Department of History of Art and Architecture

The History of Art and Architecture department invited James Fishburne, director of Forest Lawn Museum, to present his findings on how Pope Julius II utilized coins and portrait medals as a means of crafting political narratives about the role of the papacy. The lecture was part of their “Gods, Glory & Spirituality” lecture series.

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