Lynne Lawner

Why were the intellectual courtesans – whose art consisted primarily of the pleasures of the senses, but who were required to be poets, musicians, conversationalists, and much more – so threatening? Lynne Lawner will take you on a voyage back … >>

Lynne Lawner has traveled extensively and taken many photographs in Central Europe.  Some years ago she offered an all-day seminar for the Smithsonian Associates in Washington, D.C., about castles, palaces, villas, and gardens in the Czech Republic, former East Germany, … >>

Originally commissioned by the Dayton Art Institute in connection with a major exhibition of Caravaggio and his Dutch followers, this lecture has expanded to include women artists from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century in Europe. Author Lynne Lawner draws … >>

Lynne Lawner’s Harlequin on the Moon, recently published by Harry N. Abrams, traces the history of commedia dell’arte from its beginnings as popular entertainment in Renaissance Italy through many transformations to its rediscovery in the experimental theater of today. In … >>