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Class 1: Interesting and Engaging Ways to Look at Art.
You may immediately like one painting, while another leaves you cold: and a third grows on you the more you look. These are all appropriate responses. This class introduces fun, yes, fun, topics to consider while looking at art. Did the artist have a purpose - was he/she “saying” something? Were certain techniques in use that affected how you responded? What about the time period and the artist’s influences et al…When possible, examples will draw from the Milwaukee Art Museum and Chicago Art Institute collections, so the students can apply their new skills nearby.
Class 2: The Paris Salon Art Show 1863: 6 weeks, 1 Million Visitors.
How this art show shaped what we see in art today.
There was a time when an artist’s worth was determined by their success in the State managed Paris Salon. There are names we know today, because of their success in the 5,000 piece, Salon i.e. Gerome, Bougureau, Ingre… Other artists: Manet, Monet, Pissarro, are known, because of what they did after being spectacularly rejected, by the highly academic Salon selection committee. We know about Impressionism, as a result. The course will use the Salon as the benchmark, from which so much of what we know about art today grew.
Class 3: Was Creating Great Art a Team Sport? How Picasso / Matisse, Cezanne / Pissaro, and Renoir / Monet, Inspired Each Other.
Today’s celebrities and athletes behave as if they only succeed, if someone else fails: Lebron dominates Derrick, Hasselbeck punishes Favre, Angelina steals Brad… etc. Not so, 100-150 years ago in the French art world. The impressionists and early modern painters were often a “Band of Brothers” seeking inspiration and advice from one another: AND we’ll see how it shows in their art. No need to be frustrated that you cannot tell the Braque from the Picasso – they critiqued each others’ work daily! We’ll look at examples of how their works became similar, or different.
Class 4: European Art and the Armory Show of
1913: Bigger than the 1960’s British Invasion!
Wow. One massive show at the New York Armory,
introduced American to Modern Art. Picasso,
Matisse, Duchamp, Cezanne, Degas, Brancusi were
on display. More once we see if you
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Class 5: A
Fuel Efficient visit to the Art Institute of
Chicago.
Classroom highlights of the collection in an art
historic framework.
Class 6: A
Fuel Efficient visit to the Milwaukee Art Museum
Discussion of the Santiago Calatrava
architecture and highlights of the collection,
in an art historic framework.
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