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Art History
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—ROBERT N., SELF-EXPLORATION THROUGH LITERATURE
ART HISTORY
UNDERSTANDING MODERN ART MOVEMENTS: THE “ISMS” PART I
Leslie K. Brown | Ph.D. Art History, Independent Curator and Educator Do you want to impress your friends during your next museum visit by not only properly using the vocabulary of modern art, but truly understanding it? This class will demystify and break down six major movements in Modern Art, including Realism, Impressionism, Neo-Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Symbolism, and Fauvism. We will follow the birth of modernism and the historical avant-garde and explore a variety of artists—such as Édouard Manet, Claude Monet, Vincent Van Gogh, Edvard Munch, and Henri Matisse—eras, and mediums. This class will also study how each movement fits within the cultural and historical climate of their respective times.
COURSE CODE: MDAR Sec. 01: 6 Thursdays, 6-7:30pm. Begins Sep. 23 | $140 No class Nov. 11
25 DUTCH AND FLEMISH ARTISTS YOU SHOULD KNOW
Susan Glassman | Ph.D., English, University of Rhode Island Join us for an in-depth exploration of 25 Dutch and Flemish artists you should know, from Jan van Eyck in the fifteenth century through René Magritte in the twentieth century. Additional artists included in the course are Rembrandt, Vermeer, Rubens, van Gogh, Mondrian, and many other important Dutch and Flemish painters. We will also discuss major movements of art and the artists’ relationships with the historical and social background of their time. At each session, we will view works by three or four artists and learn interesting facts about their lives, the characteristics of their art, and their contributions to art history.
COURSE CODE: DFAR Sec. 01: 7 Mondays, 2-3:30pm. Begins Sep. 13 | $240 No class Oct. 11
SOCIAL JUSTICE ISSUES IN U.S. PHOTOGRAPHY
Leslie K. Brown | Ph.D. Art History, Independent Curator and Educator Since its invention, photography has been used to document the human condition and affect social change, for good and for ill. Via a series of thematic lectures, we will explore photographs as constructions of the past as well as objects that express the political and cultural climates of their times. This class also examines how such images have shaped, and continue to shape, Americans’ collective perceptions of Western expansion, the Civil War, mass immigration, the Great Depression, 9/11, and social movements of today. We will also consider how marginalized voices, including formerly enslaved peoples, Native Americans, and Civil Rights activists, were both used by and utilized photography to achieve their goals.
COURSE CODE: SJPH Sec. 01: 8 Tuesdays, 6-7:30pm. Begins Sep. 14 | $190
COSTUMES IN FILM:
GOLDEN AGE OF HOLLYWOOD
Lena Borovci | Costume Designer Through their creations, costume designers have left lasting impressions on cinema audiences from the early days of Hollywood. Stars like Judy Garland, Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn and many more shined their light during the Golden Age of Hollywood and their classic outfits continue to inspire fashion and define style even today. In this class we will take a close look at some of the most memorable moments of costumes in film during the time period between the 1920s and 1960s, and the role of the designer to bring characters to life through costumes, focusing on classic moments from film favorites and the untold stories of the creative talent working behind the scenes to dress the stars.
COURSE CODE: CFLM Sec. 01: Tuesday, 6-7:30pm. Sep. 28 | $45
