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To receive regular e-mail updates listing currently-scheduled lectures, tours,
and other
offerings contact wendyevans@art-talks.org
Talks scheduled
in public venues:
This
series looks in depth at the life and work of three great European
artists, the Dutch master painter and printmaker Rembrandt van Rijn plus
two of his Italian contemporaries, the painter Caravaggio and
sculptor-architect Gianlorenzo Bernini.
All three were immensely skillful and innovative artists whose lives,
like their artworks, were full of drama and emotion.
February 9 Rembrandt
February 16 Caravaggio
March 1 Bernini
(Information
and registration for 1,2 or 3 talks at 248 644-3450)
This
series delves into the roots of expressionist art, the flowering of
German Expressionism in the early 20th century, and later expressionism
in Europe and America. Expressionist artists often rebelled
against the social values and conventions of their societies.
Whether working in painting, sculpture, prints, or architecture, they
rejected traditional art forms, colors, and refinement in order to
communicate intense emotions.
February 14: Session cancelled
February 28: Roots and Flowering
March 6:
Forbidden and Legacy
(Information
and registration for 1 or 2 classes online
or at 248 644-5832)
The
Renaissance was an exciting time beginning some 600 years ago when
people in Europe began to look at the wonders of the world with
new eyes. What they saw changed art and ideas. We'll
trace the changes in art as it turned from symbolism to
naturalism, the changes in art that reflected the ideas and ideals
of ancient Greece and Rome, and the changes when the technical
mastery to produce illusionistic art plus the desire to make
classically inspired art came together in the hands of profound
thinkers like Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo.
Open
to the public wiith no charge but donations are appreciated by the
Senior Center
(Information at 248 583-6700 or online)
This
is one of a series of talks looking at the best art to be seen in
public places and museums in cities around the world.
Chicago,
a city within easy reach of Detroit, is full of delights for art lovers from sculpture in Millennium Park and
world famous architecture to high quality museums. The Art
Institute of Chicago boasts some of the best loved paintings in
America and a new wing for modern art.
We
will sample Chicago's treats old and new in this richly illustrated
talk.
(Information
and registration at 734-432-5804 or online)
Come and see my etchings!
Prints
have intrigued us since the first woodcuts.
Since prints have their own particular aesthetics, artists from the fifteenth century to today have
explored the visual
possibilities of printmaking. We'll
talk about how different prints are made and look at a rich variety of fine
artworks from inventive printmakers such as Albrecht Durer, Rembrandt,
Kathe Kollwitz and Mary Cassatt.
(Members and guests of
ALI only. Information 248 522-3518)
Intense
passions, stormy relationships, magnificent art - these are our focus
for the three sessions.
April
19 Camille Claudel and Auguste Rodin
April 26 Georgia O'Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz
May 3 Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera
(SOAR
membership required - Information 248 489-0005 or online)
America's
art tells America's story - the optimism, struggles, humor and pain. We'll explore how people from the
earliest inhabitants to today have pictured the history and landscape of
the country reflecting its ideas and ideals.
The images will range from realistic paintings of John Singleton Copley
to modern abstractions by Jackson Pollock; from the innocent America
captured by Norman Rockwell in his early work to the struggles of black
Americans seen in his late paintings and those of black artists like
Jacob Lawrence; and from inspiring views of unspoiled country by Thomas
Cole to the lonely cities of Edward Hopper.
These artists, and others whose work we'll see, help build our picture of
America.
(Waterford
Parks and Recreation 50+ Center - Information 248 674-5441 or online)
The Impressionist paintings which are so loved today began in
Paris with the rebellion in Paris of a few young artists against
the formalism and sentimentality of academic art in the late
1800s. We'll explore the roots of this transformation, look
at works by artists, like Claude Monet, who are most closely
identified with Impressionism and continue to artists, like
Vincent van Gogh, who fell under the Impressionist spell.
Open
to the public wiith no charge but donations are appreciated by the
Senior Center
(Information at 248 583-6700 or online)
To receive regular e-mail updates listing currently-scheduled lectures, tours,
and other
offerings contact wendyevans@art-talks.org
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