Potpourri: A Marvelous Miscellany of Art and Ideas, Art History Lecture Series
Potpourri: A Marvelous Miscellany of Art and Ideas, Art History Lecture Series
The John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art Library and the Art History Program at New College of Florida are co-sponsoring a lecture series entitled “Potpourri: A Marvelous Miscellany of Art and Ideas.” The series features New College Art History students presenting short lectures on artists from the Baroque, Renaissance, Modern and Post-Modern periods. The lectures will be held on February 2, 9, 23 and March 2 at the John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art’s Library, 5401 Bay Shore Road, Sarasota. The lectures begin at 3:30 pm and run until 5:00 pm.
These lectures were originally prepared as papers for Professor Cris Hassold’s course “Master Artists of the Baroque” and “Twentieth Century Modern.” The series is divided into two sections. The first is entitled “A Bit of the Baroque” and the second “Mostly Modern.” Each session will cover two artists.
This lecture series is open to the public and free of charge. However, seating is limited so please call the John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art for reservations at (941) 359-5700 “1″ ext. 2701 or 2702.
Potpourri:A Marvelous Miscellany of Art and Ideas
2009 New College Art History Lecture Series at Ringling Museum
A Bit of the Baroque:
Monday February 2, 2009
Sarah Schlosser :Transubstantiation through Time: Rubens’ Triumph of the Eucharist
Natale Van Dine: Mary Magdalene: Penitent Sinner and Contemplative Saint
Monday, February 9, 2009
Kathleen O’Neal: Bernini and the Dance of Death
Persephone Thorn-Hauswirth: Vanitas Symbolism in the Anatomical Works of Frederik Ruysch
Mostly Modern:
Monday, February 23, 2009
Dana Bassett: Many Facets of Maya Lin
Ian James Gray: The Male Nude Reborn in Modern and Post- Modern
Monday, March 2, 2009
Jacqlyn Bender: Max Beckmann: Interpretation of the Self
Mackenzie Karp: Nightlife in the Weimar: Berlin and St. Pauli
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