This summer Pontifex University is proud to sponsor a unique workshop taking place in Italy. “The Art and Theology of the Catholic Reformation in Rome”, which will take place this August 6 – 17 at the Accademia Urbana delle Arti in the center of Rome.

This intensive two-week/60- hour course will provide a comprehensive overview of the painting methods of artists of the Catholic Reformation and the theology that underpinned their works.  Artists to be studied will include: Caravaggio, Titian, Guido Reni, Guercino and Gerard van Honthorst. The class will visit the churches and museums holding masterpieces by these artists where Professor Rodolfo Papa will lecture on the theological and philosophical theory and meaning of the works.

In the studio, using high-quality reproductions, Professor Martinho Correia will lead students through a copy of a work by one of the masters being studied. From drawing to final glazes, all stages of the painting process will be discussed and practiced.

Come join them in the Eternal City!

Rodolfo Papa is a painter, sculptor, theoretician, historian and philosopher of art. He was appointed Art Specialist for the XIII General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops and has been Professor of the History of the Aesthetics at many schools and universities. Among his writings are about twenty monographs and some hundreds of articles. As a artist he has  completed paintings for churches and cathedrals including: Basilica of St. Crisogono, Rome, Basilica of SS Fabiano and Venanzio, Rome, Ancient Cathedral of Bojano, Campobasso, Our Lady of Fatima Cathedral in Karaganda, Kazakhstan, Hermitage of Santa Maria, Campobasso and Cathedral of San Panfilo, Sulmona.

www.rodolfopapa.it

Martinho Isidro Correia is an artist and teacher whose interest lies in the dominant themes and subjects found in European cultural history. He is a graduate of the University of Calgary (BFA in Painting), University of British Colombia in Vancouver (BEd in Art Education), Angel Academy of Art in Florence, Italy (Diploma in Drawing and Painting) and The European University/Pontifical Athenaeum, ‘Regina Apostolorum’ in Rome (Masters in Architecture, Sacred Art and Liturgy).

Martinho’s work is in private collections in Italy, England, Portugal, Australia, the USA, Canada and Colombia. His painting “Anastasis” is in the collection of Cardinal Piacenza in the Vatican.

www.martinhoart.com