Art History Courses          

Art History is a most important ancillary to the study of painting and other fine arts. No education in the fine arts is complete without it. At the very least students should acquire a basic knowledge of the history of art and ideas in order to understand better where their own work stands a propos of the numerous aesthetic rebellions throughout time. Art history also helps students sharpen their critical thinking skills, comprehend of the unity of form and meaning, and develop sensitivity to symbolism. Please click on the course titles below to view descriptions of the subject matter.

Instructor: Terrington Calas
Color slide discussions on the nature of American realist and figurative art. Special topics will include The American Still Life, Portraiture, History Painting, Landscape, The Human Figure, American Romanticism, Classical Realism, Modernist Figuration, American Impressionism, Social Realism, Figurative Sculpture, and Folk Art.

Emphasis will be placed on a comparison between the American and European approaches to figuration and realism.

Featured artists include Copley, Stuart, the Peales; Cole, Bierstadt, Bingham, Mount; Audubon, Remington, Cassatt, Sargent, Homer, Eakins, Ryder, Harnett, Peto; Henri, Bellows, Sheeler, Demuth, O'Keefe, Benton, Wood; Burchfield, Hopper, Graves, the Soyers, Levine, Shahn, Lawrence; Tooker, Albright, Wyeth; J. Graham, F. Porter, Diebenkorn, Warhol, Segal, Hockney, Thiebaud, Perlstein, Neel, Katz, Close, Estes, Hanson, Gillespie, Bailey, Andrejevic, Ligare, Golub, Salle, Rothenberg, Fischl, others. . .

-Terrington Calas

 

Instructor: Terrington Calas
A series of color slide discussions focusing on artists associated with New Orleans. The course will cover artists from the late 19th century to the present, including all the legendary figures and several new to the local scene. Special emphasis will be placed on making stylistic links to national and international art movements. Another concern will be the uniqueness of New Orleans as an inspiration to artists.

Instructor: Terrington Calas
Color slide discussions on the art movements of the 19th century--Realism through Post-Impression.