About the Retreat
Take a quiet day apart, and learn from Timothy Verdon how medieval and Renaissance artists expressed the faith of the Church in the conception and birth of Christ, interpreting the meaning of these events in the theological perspective of the Savior’s life.
Session 1 — Expecting Christ: Annunciation and Conception
Session 2 — Christmas and Art: Incarnation and Visibility
Session 3 — Mother and Child: Leonardo Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael
About Timothy Verdon
Monsignor Timothy Verdon, one of the world’s most respected art historians, is the Academic Director of the Mount Tabor Centre in Barga, Italy. He earned his PhD at Yale University and has lived in Italy for the last half century where he also directs the Diocesan Office of Sacred Art and Church Cultural Heritage, the Cathedral Foundation Museum (Museo dell’Opera di Santa Maria del Fiore), and the Centre for Ecumenism of the Archdiocese of Florence.