Art History’s Greatest Hits, Tuesdays, 11:00am - 1:00pm, Jan. 14 to Feb. 18, 2025
Long before the Mona Lisa, Whistler's Mother, The Scream and American Gothic became art world clichés, each was in its own way a bold statement made by an artist at the forefront of innovation. We will explore how works such as The Birth of Venus by Botticelli, Rembrandt's The Night Watch, Las Meninas by Velázquez, Van Gogh's Starry Night, Vermeer's Girl with the Pearl Earring and Dalí's The Persistence of Memory fit into the context of their creators' careers and the broader culture from which they arose.
This course will be presented by the University of Toronto's School of Continuing Studies.
J. A. M. Whistler, Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1, 1871. Musée d’Orsay. |
The Art of Photography: A History, Thursdays, February 27 - April 17, 2025, 12:30-2:30 p.m.
This survey course presents a chronological and thematic overview of the art of photography, from the medium's genesis in the mid-19th century through to contemporary photo-based art. We will explore photography's beginnings, its evolving relationship to the wider art world, photography and modernism, the photograph as document, the role of magazines, street photography, photography as expression, and the position of photography in the post-modern age.
Outstanding images by key artists such as Julia Margaret Cameron, Edward Steichen, Tina Modotti, Ansel Adams, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Frank, Diane Arbus, Stephen Shore, Cindy Sherman and Edward Burtynsky will illustrate developments in portraiture, landscape, street photography, photojournalism, colour, experimental processes, digital and more. Prepare to be amazed!
This course is offered through The Life Institute.