Art Appreciation: Thomas Eakins and Beyond
Course details
Course code
Q00010015Course date
Number of classes
8 sessionsTutor
Janis BakerFee range
How you'll learn
Venue
OnlineLevel of study
Availability
Course overview
Course description
New perspectives, exciting innovations – The course will explore the works of a range of American artists including Thomas Eakins, (realist painter, photographer, sculptor, and fine arts educator)), Winslow Homer (landscape painter and illustrator), Childe Hassam (impressionist painter noted for his urban and coastal scenes), George Bellows (realist painter, known for his bold depictions of urban life in New York City) and Alice Neel (visual artist, known for her portraits depicting friends, family, lovers, poets, artists and strangers).
The course will also explore Precisionism and Regionalism – two major art movements of America - and the work by Grant Wood the “pitchfork” painting ‘American Gothic’ (1930). No previous knowledge is required, just an interest in art history.
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