Programming & Events
THE HOLY NAME
Art of the Gesù: Bernini and his Age
February 2 - May 19 2018
Bellarmine Hall Galleries
Tues. - Sat. 11:00 a.m.- 4:00 p.m.
For the most up-to-date schedule, or to register for events, visit: https://www.fairfield.edu/museum/calendar/
Exhibition Program Calendar through May 2018
Guided Tours
Free tours Tuesday-Saturday at 12 p.m.
Free Gallery Spotlights Tuesday-Saturday at 2 p.m.
Lectures
Thursday, February 1, 5 p.m.
Art of the Gesù: Bernini and his Age
Gauvin Alexander Bailey, Professor and Bader Chair in Southern Baroque Art,
Queen’s University, Ontario
Dolan School of Business Dining Room
Part of the Edwin L. Wiesl, Jr. Lectureships in Art History, funded by the Robert Lehman Foundation.
Tuesday, March 6, 5 p.m.
Inside the 17th-century Gesù: Jesuit History, Saints, Theology, and Science
Evonne Levy, Professor of Renaissance and Baroque Art, University of Toronto
Bellarmine Hall, Diffley Board Room
Part of the Edwin L. Wiesl, Jr. Lectureships in Art History, funded by the Robert Lehman Foundation.
Thursday, April 5, 5 p.m.
The Jesuits and the Arts: How and Why It Happened
John O’Malley, S. J., University Professor, Department of Theology, Georgetown University
Dolan School of Business Dining Room
Co-sponsored with the Center for Ignatian Spirituality; symposium keynote lecture.
Tuesday, May 1, 5 p.m.
Bernini's Rome: The Eternal Feast
Charles Scribner, Art Historian and Author
Bellarmine Hall, Diffley Board Room
Second Annual Members’ Lecture
Symposium
Friday, April 6, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Art of the Gesù
Barone Campus Center, Oak Room
Generous funding has been provided by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation.
Musical Performance
Thursday, April 5, 7:30 p.m.
Musical Performance: Sacred Music in the Age of Bernini
Egan Chapel
Art in Focus Gallery Series
Bellarmine Hall Galleries
Thursday, February 8, 11 a.m.
Giovanni Battista Gaulli, The Triumph of the Name of Jesus
Thursday, March 8, 11 a.m.
Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Bust of Cardinal Roberto Bellarmino
Bellarmine Hall Galleries
Thursday, April 19, 11 a.m.
The Chasuble of Cardinal Alessandro Farnese
Thursday, May 17, 11 a.m.
Giovanni Battista Gaulli, Model for the Apse of the Gesù
Subscription Lecture Series
Going for Baroque: Art in Rome in the Age of Bernini and Caravaggio
Tuesday, April 24, 10 a.m.
Tuesday, May 1, 10 a.m.
Tuesday, May 8, 10 a.m.
Fiona Garland
Bellarmine Hall, SmArt Classroom
Selected Images
Ciro Ferri (Italian, 1634-1689)
Saint Teresa of Avila, ca. 1687-89
Gilt bronze
Church of the Gesù, Rome (museum), from the altar of Saint Ignatius
Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Italian, 1598-1680)
Bust of Cardinal Roberto Bellarmino, 1621-24
Marble
Church of the Gesù, Rome
