Humanities
“BestclassIhavetaken. Excellentreadingsandparticipati bystudentsencouraged.” —MARY L., SELF EXPLORATION THROUGH LITERATURE
ART HISTORY COSTUMES IN FILM Lena Borovci | Costume Designer, lenaborovci.com
VISUAL POLITICS OF THE HUDSON RIVER SCHOOL
Throughtheircreations,costumedesignershaveleft Kate Petterson | Museum Educator lastingimpressionsoncinemaaudiencesfromtheearly Considered America’s first art movement, the daysofHollywood.MarilynMonroemadehistorywithher 19th- century Hudson River School is defined by performancein Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)onaccountofthe sweeping landscape paintings. How do these famouspinkdresswithabigbowinthebackdesignedbyWilliam images capture the power and social relationships of the time? W Travilla.HubertdeGivenchyimmortalizedthe“LittleBlackDress” will explore themes of expansionism, manifest destiny, and remova withasingleopeningsceneshowingAudreyHepburn Breakfast in of indigenous people from ancestral lands to better understan at Tiffany’s (196).Meanwhile,Dorothy’srubyslipperswornbyJudy visual politics at play. This class also examines the creation of Garlandareamongstthemostvaluable The items Wizard ofof Oz national parks and the legacy of these artworks in the 20th and (193)memorabilia!Inthisclass,wewilltakeacloselookatsomeof 21st centuries. themostmemorablemomentsofcostumesinfilm,andtheroleof C Ofocusing URSE CODE: HUDS thedesignertobringcharacterstolifethroughcostumes, Sec. 01: 4 Thursdays, 7-8:30pm. Begins Apr. 7 | $130 onclassicmomentsfromfilmfavoritesandtheuntoldstories ofthe creativetalentworkingbehindthescenestodressthestars. COURSE CODE: COFM Sec. 01: Wednesday, 6-7:30pm. May 18 | $48
25 DUTCH AND FLEMISH ARTISTS YOU SHOULD KNOW
SOME ARTISTS YOU SHOULD KNOW FROM ITALY AND THE NETHERLANDS IN THE 17TH CENTURY
Amy Golahny | Professor of Art History Emerita, Lycoming College
ThiscourseexploresItalianandDutchartists whosepaintingsarerepresentedinmuseumsinthe UnitedStates.TheartistswillincludeGuercino, Joinusforanin-depthexplorationof25DutchandFlemish Caravaggio,HendrickGoltzius,PieterLastman,Hendrickter artistsyoushouldknow,fromJanvanEyckin-thefif Brugghen, teenth-centurythroughRenéMagritteinthetwentiethcenGerbrandvandenEeckhout,AertdeGelderandothers. Famousandsuccessfulintheirlifetime,theirnamesmaybeless tury.AdditionalartistsincludedinthecourseareRembrandt, Vermeer,Rubens,vanGogh,Mondrian,andmanyotherimportantfamiliarbuttheirpaintingsarefascinating.Wherepossible,examp oftheirworkinnearbymuseumswillbediscussedindepth. DutchandFlemishpainters.Wewillalsodiscussmajormovements ofartandtheartists’relationshipswiththehistorical and COUR S E social CODE: ITNE backgroundoftheirtime.Ateachsession,wewillviewworksSec. by 01: 4 Tuesdays, 3-5pm. Begins Apr. 5 | $145 threeorfourartistsandlearninterestingfactsabouttheirlives,the characteristicsoftheirart,andtheircontributionstoarthistory.
Susan Glassman | Ph.D., English, University of Rhode Island
C O U R S E C O D E : D FA R Sec. 01: 7 Fridays, 2-3:30pm. Begins Apr. 8 | $265
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