| Frye Art History Lecture Series The 2009-10 Frye Art History Lectures are sold out, but don't despair. You may no longer purchase advance tickets, but tickets have always been available the day of the event. Just arrive early and put your name on the waiting list. So far, we have never had to turn anyone away. If you are a season ticket holder, please make sure you arrive promptly because at lecture time empty seats will be opened up to people on the waiting list. Individual tickets for Thursday night lecture and reception are $9 members, seniors, students, teachers, artists; $13 nonmembers. Individual tickets for Friday lectures are $8 members, seniors, students, teachers, artists; $12 nonmembers. All individual ticket sales are cash only. Lectures are held in the auditorium of the Frye Art Museum, 704 Terry, Seattle, WA 98104. Coffee and dessert are provided after each evening lecture. Upcoming lectures: Veronese’s Fabulous, Scandalous FeastsThursday, January 14, 7 pm
Friday, January 15, 11 amDogs, dwarfs, jesters, and other colorful characters inhabit the sumptuous banquet scenes, such as the Louvre’s The Wedding Feast at Cana, that Paolo Veronese painted for monastery refectories in Renaissance Venice. In one case, his artistic license landed Veronese in trouble with the Inquisition. Byzantium West: Ravenna’s Mosaics Thursday, February 11, 7 pm
Friday, February 12, 11 amThe Late Roman, Ostrogothic and Byzantine empires all fought over Ravenna and left unique artistic monuments there. Saints and sheep, stars and flowers, and Emperor Justinian and Empress Theodora appear in Ravenna’s glittering mosaics, undimmed fifteen centuries after their making. What Van Gogh Admired (Highlight on the Permanent Collection) Thursday, March 11, 7 pm Friday, March 12, 11 am “Admire as much as you can,” Vincent van Gogh advised. But van Gogh admired many now-obscure artists, including the Frye’s Monticelli, Lhermitte, Isabey and Jongkind. What did he see in them, and how did his wide-ranging taste influence his own work? A Kingly Book: The Shanhama of Shah Tahmasp Thursday, April 8, 7 pm Friday, April 9, 11 am Shah Tahmasp’s copy of Firdausi’s Shahnama or Book of Kings was one of the most lavishly illustrated of all Persian manuscripts. Beginning around 1520, two generations of royal painters brought the legendary epic poem to life with elegance, drama and wit. Giotto in the Scrovegni Chapel Thursday, May 13, 7 pm Friday, May 14, 11 am Padua's Scrovegni Chapel is a magnificent act of attrition, erected in 1305 to atone for usury. Giotto, the greatest painter of the age, cloaked it in frescoes of the lives of Mary and Christ whose grandeur heralds the beginning of the Renaissance. Hellenistic Pergamon Thursday, June 10, 7 pm Friday, June 11, 11 am In the third and second centuries BCE, Pergamon’s rulers strove to emulate Athens as they constructed their capital. But instead of Athenian classicism, works such as the Dying Gaul and Great Altar of Zeus epitomize the passion and pathos of Hellenistic sculpture.
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LOOKING AT VERMEER In seventeenth-century Holland, Vermeer’s paintings won him little fame and less fortune. Today his works captivate us with their enigmatic mood and peerless craftsmanship. This three-part lecture series will deepen our understanding of his technique, subject matter, and cultural milieu while enhancing our appreciation of his unique place in the history of art. Passes for Looking at Vermeer are$25 members, seniors, teachers, students, artists; $45 nonmembers. Individual tickets are $10 members, seniors, students, teachers, artists; $15 nonmembers. All individual ticket sales are cash only. Lectures are held in the auditorium of the Frye Art Museum, 704 Terry, Seattle, WA 98104. A View of Delft: Vermeer and His City Wednesday, February 24, 2010, 11 am Vermeer spent his entire career in Delft and left a remarkable cityscape of his hometown. This lecture will locate Vermeer’s art in the unique context of the painters, patrons, and preferences of seventeenth-century Delft. The Art of Painting: Vermeer’s TechniqueWednesday, March 17, 2010, 11 amOne of the finest technicians ever to wield a paintbrush, Vermeer was an extraordinarily painstaking artist. A close examination of his materials and techniques will lend us fresh insight into his achievements. A Lady Writing: Vermeer’s Accomplished Women Wednesday, April 14, 2010, 11 amThe majority of Vermeer’s paintings depict women, often reading, writing, or playing music. What does Vermeer’s focus on the domestic milieu of prosperous women tell us about his society and his goals as an artist? OTHER VENUES: Creative Retirement Institute at Edmonds Community College: Winter Quarter: Art 1765-1848: Revolution and Romanticism Monday, Feb. 22-Mar. 15, 10 am-12 pm
The Blakely, 1140 N. 192nd St., Shoreline, WA 98113 The 18th century has been called the Age of Reason, and the Neoclassical style which took root in the 1760s better expresses Enlightenment ideals than the frivolous Rococo art that preceded it. Neoclassicism became the preferred style of Louis XVI, Thomas Jefferson and Napoleon, but other artists of their era rejected rationality in favor of emotion and intuition. The new Romantic sensibility sought inspiration in human passions and in the sublime, awe-inspiring aspects of nature. Some artists we will explore include David, Goya, Friedrich, Delacroix and Turner.
Communiversity at Providence Point
I may be back in the spring; check here for details.
I will be back in the new year; check here or with Art Committee head Stu Williamson for details.
Crocker Art Museum Sacramento, California Last January I completed a series of three lectures contracted by the Crocker Art Museum. If you are interested in seeing me again at the Crocker, please contact
Caren Gutierrez - Education Programs Manager - at 916-808-1987 Private Groups Last January I spoke on Impressionist women painters at the Women's University Club of Seattle and on William Morris for Horizon House. In March I gave a lecture on 18th Century Venetian art for the Dante Alighieri Society (in Italian). If you are interested in having me speak to your group, please call 206-524-0870 or use the Contact Me page. | |