Masters in focus I: Cezanne, Lautrec, Valadon and Rousseau
Lecturers: Dr Nick Gordon & Dr Will Visconti
Course Description
The Masters in Focus series takes you into the art and lives of past masters, helping you understand more about how to read each master’s work, exactly why they have stood the test of time and what about their work stood out among their contemporaries. Each series takes four artists from a key art historical period, and, by doing so, provides you with insight into the unique context in which they lived and worked.
In Masters in Focus I, Dr Nick Gordon and Dr Will Visconti focus on Paul Cezanne, Toulouse-Lautrec, Suzanne Valadon and Henri Rousseau. The story these four artists tell is of the great transformations in the arts in fin de siecle France, but through their work we also see the vibrance of the new modern world and the trials of the artists who pushed against the social and aesthetic conservatism of the period.
Each of these artists has had an enduring influence. Their innovative styles, motifs and techniques have inspired other artists to take new paths and have shown generations of us more generally how to see beauty in subjects that were once thought improper subjects for great art.
Course Content
Session 1: Paul Cezanne (Dr Nick Gordon)
Session 2: Henri Toulouse-Lautrec (Dr Will Visconti)
Session 3: Suzanne Valadon (Dr Will Visconti)
Session 4:Henri Rousseau Dr Nick Gordon)
Lecturers
Dr Will Visconti has a PhD in French Studies and Italian Studies from the University of Sydney. He has taught art history, French and Italian at the University of Sydney, where he is an Adjunct Lecturer, and Central St Martins College, London. His research focuses on sex, the arts and transgression in history and ranges across numerous disciplines - literature, cultural studies, theatre and art history.
Dr Nick Gordon is a cultural historian and artist with an encyclopedic knowledge of European and Australian art. His research on the Italian Middle Ages and Renaissance has won numerous academic scholarships and prizes (including a University of Sydney medal in History). He has extensive experience as a history and art history lecturer, and has led small group cultural tours from Australia to Italy, the Low Countries, Germany and Scandinavia for more than ten years.
Course Structure
4 x 1.5 hour sessions
Each session includes an interactive lecture and time for group discussion and analysis. .
Course Dates
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REquirements
This course does not require any assumed knowledge, only a willingness to learn and an interest in art.
Sessions require access to ZOOM (which is free), a device with a camera (such as a tablet or computer with a webcam), and an internet connection.
Waiting list
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