Featuring masterpieces from 250+ of the world's greatest artists, this in-depth guide to the practical skill of viewing art will help you reach new levels of appreciation.
Overview
Syllabus
- By This Professor
- 01: The Importance of First Impressions
- 02: Where Am I? Point of View and Focal Point
- 03: Color—Description, Symbol, and More
- 04: Line—Description and Expression
- 05: Space, Shape, Shade, and Shadow
- 06: Seeing the Big Picture—Composition
- 07: The Illusion—Getting the Right Perspective
- 08: Art That Moves Us—Time and Motion
- 09: Feeling with Our Eyes—Texture and Light
- 10: Drawing—Dry, Liquid, and Modern Media
- 11: Printmaking—Relief and Intaglio
- 12: Modern Printmaking—Planographic
- 13: Sculpture—Salt Cellars to Monuments
- 14: Development of Painting—Tempera and Oils
- 15: Modern Painting—Acrylics and Assemblages
- 16: Subject Matters
- 17: Signs—Symbols, Icons, and Indexes in Art
- 18: Portraits—How Artists See Others
- 19: Self-Portraits—How Artists See Themselves
- 20: Landscapes—Art of the Great Outdoors
- 21: Putting It All Together
- 22: Early Renaissance—Humanism Emergent
- 23: Northern Renaissance—Devil in the Details
- 24: High Renaissance—Humanism Perfected
- 25: Mannerism and Baroque—Distortion and Drama
- 26: Going Baroque—North versus South
- 27: 18th-Century Reality and Decorative Rococo
- 28: Revolutions—Neoclassicism and Romanticism
- 29: From Realism to Impressionism
- 30: Postimpressionism—Form and Content Re-Viewed
- 31: Expressionism—Empathy and Emotion
- 32: Cubism—An Experiment in Form
- 33: Abstraction/Modernism—New Visual Language
- 34: Dada Found Objects/Surreal Doodles and Dreams
- 35: Postmodernism—Focus on the Viewer
- 36: Your Next Museum Visit—Do It Yourself!
Taught by
Sharon Latchaw Hirsh
