Institute for the Humanities Distinguished Lecture: Victor Coonin

An internationally recognized authority on one of the greatest artists of all time—and, arguably, his greatest creation—is speaking at Mississippi State University. “Michelangelo’s David: From Renaissance Icon to Modern Activist” is the title of Victor Coonin’s address in the Colvard Student Union's Bill R. Foster Ballroom. Free and open to all, the event is co-sponsored by the Institute for the Humanities’ 2016-17 Distinguished Lecture Series and the Department of Art. Coonin will highlight research undertaken for his 2014 book-length monograph titled “From Marble to Flesh: The Biographies of Michelangelo’s David” (Florentine Press). He is the James F. Ruffin Professor of Art History at Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee, where he has taught since 1995. Click the "Link" below for more information.