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A Cultural Compass
For the World Traveler
A Cultural Compass
For the World Traveler

Moroni: The Riches of Renaissance Portraiture

Mar 19, 2020 – Sept 20, 2021
1 E 70th St, New York, NY 10021, USA

Though the Late Renaissance painter Giovanni Moroni is perceived by many as a documentarian, the portraits he painted say otherwise. Cast in dramatic shades of light and dark, his subjects in natural poses, with sensitively rendered facial expressions, each sitter seems to hold their own story in suspension. This virtual-reality tour provides lengthy descriptions of context and history. —E.C.

“Moroni: The Riches of Renaissance Portraiture,” 2019. Photo: Michael Bodycomb.