2016 Spring Catalog

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Russian History & Culture Through Its Art NEW!
Art is a revealing lens through which to view a country’s history
and culture. Our survey will include ancient icon paintings,
18th-century portraiture, 19th-century landscape painting and
avant-garde and contemporary Russian art. We’ll compare the
similarities and differences between Russian and American art
of the same historical periods and the ways in which they reflect
our different national characters.
Natasha Karpinskaia received her MA in philological studies
from the Moscow University of Linguistics, MA in art history
from the Academy of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Russia, and is
completing her PhD in art history at Columbia University.
3 Mondays: April 4 – 18:
7:00 – 8:30 pm
MHS Palmer Rm 123/ $90 /
Join a multinational group for a moderated discussion of the
news of the week. To help focus the discussion, prior to the
weekly meeting participants will be emailed discussion topics and
optional reading. Bring coffee, your insights, and an open mind.
Katherine Korth Dehais graduated Phi Beta Kappa, Magna cum
laude from Columbia University’s School of International Affairs.
She is a published poet who has written and directed several
theatrical adaptations.
9 Fridays: Mar 11 – June 3:
9:30 – 11:00 am
(No class Mar 25, Apr 15, Apr 22, April 29)
Larchmont Temple Rm 3 / $200 /
Museum Exhibit Preview: Vigée Le Brun:
Woman Artist in Revolutionary France NEW!
Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun (French, 1755–1842) is one
of the finest eighteenth-century French painters and among
the most important of all women artists. A self-taught painter
with exceptional skills as a portraitist, she achieved success in
France and Europe during one of the most eventful, turbulent
periods in European history. This program will prepare you for
this wonderful exhibit happening at the Metropolitan Museum
of Art February 15 – May 5. We’ll examine the artist’s life and
work – and will also provide you with a broader cultural and
artistic context. We’ll examine the work of some of her contem-
poraries — as well as the Rococo, Neoclassical, and Romantic
movements of the age.
Jill Kiefer, PhD, is an art historian and teaching artist. She’s
been designing, coordinating and leading programs and tours
in Art History and Fine Arts for over thirty years – in university,
institutional and community environments around the globe.
Thursday: March 10: 9:30 – 11:30 am
Larchmont Temple Rm 3 / $35 / Code 163
Museum Exhibit Preview: Moholy-Nagy:
Future Present NEW!
A retrospective of László Moholy-Nagy’s work will be on exhibit
at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum from May through
September 2016. The first comprehensive retrospective of the
work of László Moholy-Nagy (1895–1946) to appear in the
United States in nearly fifty years, this long overdue presentation
will reveal a utopian artist who believed that art could work
hand-in-hand with technology for the betterment of humanity.
This program will prepare you for this exhibit by providing
background information and insights on the artist, his contem-
poraries, and corresponding trends that are essential to a full
appreciation of his oeuvre.
Jill Kiefer: See Exhibit Preview: Vigée Le Brun
Thursday: April 7: 9:30 –11:30 am
Larchmont Temple Rm 3 / $35 / Code 164
Museum Exhibit Preview: Warhol by the Book NEW!
Andy Warhol’s books are an overlooked and important facet
of his career. An upcoming exhibit at the Morgan Library and
Museum (February 5 – May 15) will present nearly all of his
projects for books – from his early student days through his
years as an influential artist and cultural icon. This program
will provide you with an excellent background to the exhibit, by
examining some lesser-known facts about Warhol’s life, art, and
beliefs — including his own skepticism about American society
and its values. We’ll look at a variety of his works to see how he
managed to seamlessly weave various threads of the art — and
culture— into a single tapestry.
Jill Kiefer: See Exhibit Preview: Vigée Le Brun
Thursday: April 14:
9:30 – 11:30 am
Larchmont Temple Rm 3 / $35 / Code 165
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