Course Details
954: “A Whole New World”—Art of the Dutch Golden Age
July 14-17
11:45 AM -
1:15 PM
In-Person
This course explores the art of the 17th-century Netherlands, when Dutch trade routes spanned the known world, Dutch citizens won freedom from Spain, and Dutch art exploded in genres, subject matter, and markets. We’ll examine the work of well-known painters like Rembrandt and Vermeer, but also explore other great painters like Hals, Ruisdael, Leister, Cuyp, Heda, and Steen. We’ll see how these artists used the technical innovations of the Renaissance masters to depict the whole new world of free, democratic Netherlands across five new genres: history, portraits, landscape, still life, and “genre” (daily life). Most importantly, we’ll share our responses to these fascinating, and often fun!—works.
Class Type: Lecture and Discussion
Class Format: In-Person
Hours of Reading: No reading
Study Group Leader(s):
Christina FlepsChristina Fleps is a retired lawyer whose other interests include writing, singing, dancing, reading, and art history. She has been fascinated with art history since age seven, when her teacher, Miss Jose, wove the art and architecture of ancient Greece through her third-grade curriculum. Since then Christina has pursued art history in high school and college courses and by prowling art and history museums in her worldwide travels with family, friends, and her husband, retired AU philosophy professor Charley Hardwick. Most recently she was a docent at the National Gallery of Art and art lecturer at the Woman’s Club of Chevy Chase. She loves sharing art history with others and learning their insights about art.