December 15 - Medieval Art at the Met

Emperor Justinian and his Retinue, c. 547, in St. Vitale, Ravenna, Italy

Class:

1. Meeting in the cafeteria at the Met to review the Middle Ages at 1 pm
2. Tour of the Medieval galleries

Reading:

1. Marilyn Stokstad's Art: A Brief History, Early Christian to Gothic Art.
2. Beth's lecture on Medieval art

See you there!

Beth

December 8 - Ancient Art at the Jewish Museum

Facsmile of the frescos in the synagogue at Dura Europus, Syria 244 AD/CE

The Jewish Museum - Antiquity and Modern Art

We will tour the Jewish Museum's collection of antiquity and then run down to the Lee Krasner/Norman Lewis exhibition which is open through Februrary 1, 2015.

I look forward to seeing you there at 1 pm inside the museum.

Please visit the museum's website for more information:

www.thejewishmuseum.org 

September 22 - Hellenic and Hellenistic Art in the Met Galleries

Hellenistic, Veiled Dancer, 3rd-2nd century BC

Bronze, 8 1/16 inches, Gift of William C. Baker, 1971, MMA

It was such a pleasure touring the Greek vases with you last week, but time ran out so we were not able to study the Classical Greek sculptures (or Roman copies of Greek sculptures) and Hellenistic art in the Met's collection.  This week we will meet at 12 pm in the Met cafeteria, summarize our textbook reading and then go directly to the Greek galleries to finish our analysis of Greek Art.

Class:

Tour of the Greek Galleries

Homework: 

Roman Art (Please refer to the previous blog post for details)

Next Meeting:

Monday, October 13 at 1 pm in the Met cafeteria

We will discuss Roman Art in the slides and in the collection

September 15 - Hellenic and Hellenistic Art

Myron, Discus Thrower (Diskobolos), c. 450 BC (Roman Copy after original from a later period)

Marble, h 5 feet, 11 inches, National Museum, Rome

Please remember that we are meeting at 12-2 pm or 2:30 - 4:30 pm.

Please let me know which meeting you will attend: nyarts-exchange@verizon.net.

Class:

1. Powerpoint review of Archaic Greek Art and moving forward to Hellenic (5th c - 330 BC) and Hellenistic (330 BC-1st BC) Art
2. Tour of the galleries in the Met

Homework:

1. Lecture 4 on Etruscan and Roman Art (sent to your email address)
2. Smarthistory videos
3. Read Stokstad's chapter 6: Etruscan and Roman Art

September 8 - Ancient Persia

Ancient Iranian: Achaemenid, Fluted bowl, reign of Darius I or II, 522–486 B.C. or 432–405 B.C.

Gold; H. 4.4 in. (11.1 cm),  Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1954 (54.3.1)

Class Schedule:

Art History Study Group - Mondays Fall 2014

7 classes $350 or $60 à la carte

September  8  at 1 pm - Meeting to discuss Fall schedule and finish Mesopotamia galleries

September 15 at 12-2 and 2:30 – 4:30 – Ancient Greek Art: Hellenic and Hellenistic at the Met 

September 22 at 12-2 and 2:30 – 4:30 – Roman Art at the Met

September 29 – No class

October    6 – No class

October 13 at 1 pm - Ancient Art and Krasner/Lewis exhibitions at the Jewish Museum

October 20 – No class

October 27 –  No class

November   3 –  2:30 - Medieval Art at The Cloisters

November 10 – No class

November 17 – No class

November 24 – No class

December  1  at 1 pm – Early Christian/Byzantine Art at the Met

December  8 at 1 pm – Romanesque and Gothic Art at the Met

December 15 at 1 pm – Early Netherlandish Art at the Met

Class on September 8th:

1. Discussion about the class schedule
2. Review the ancient cultures we covered so far
3. Tour of Ancient Persian art in the galleries

Homework:

1. Stokstad's Chapter on Ancient Greek Art
2. Lecture 2: Greek Art (attached to your personal email)
3. Smarthistory on Persian Empire:
4. Smarthistory on Greek Art

July 28 - Early Aegean and Archaic Greek Art

Exekias, Achilles and Ajax Playing a Games of Draughts, c. 540 BC

Etruscan Museum, The Vatican

Class

1. Review Aegean and Early Greek Art in Stokstad's Chapter 4
2. Discuss future classes in the fall
3. Tour the Greek galleries

Homework

1. Finish reading Chapter 4
2. View the video on Exekias' vase (pictured above) and try the quiz on Smarthistory
3. View other videos on Smarthistory and read the text.

We will continue our Study Group in September -
Best wishes for the rest of the summer,
Beth

July 21 - Egypt During the New Kingdom through Rome

Queen Nefretetete, wife if Akhenatan (Amenhotep IV)

Egyptian: New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, c. 1340-36

Class - 

We continue to discuss Ancient Egypt

New Kingdom through Classical Period- tour in the Met

Homework - 

Chapter 3 - the Aegean World  in Stokstad

Smarthistory

July 14 - Old Kingdom

Old Kingdom, Pharaoh Menkaure and his Queen, 4th Dynasty, c. 2548-30 BC, 

4 feet, 6 7/8 inches, Greywack, Boston Museum

July 14th - 

Class - 

We continue to discuss Ancient Egypt

Old Kingdom and Middle Kingdom - tour in the Met

Homework - 

We are still on Chapter 2 of Stokstad

Mummification process video

July 7: On to Egypt

Egyptian, Musicians and Dancers, from unknown tomb, 18th Dynasty, British Museum

Class: Ancient Egyptian Art

1. Review last class on Prehistoric Art. 
2. Powerpoint on Egyptian Art and Mesopotamia 

Homework:

1. Please read Chapter 2 in Stokstad.
2. Please read my lecture, attached to an email.
3. Please listen to this YouTube of Ancient Egyptian music
4. Please view this YouTube on the Venus of Willendorf
5. Please watch this cartoon on Smarthistory on Ancient Egyptian and Mesopotamian Art

I look forward to seeing you at the Met on July 7th at 1 pm.

Best regards,

Beth

Beth S. Gersh-Nesic

Director

New York Arts Exchange

June 30 - Introduction to Art History and Prehistoric Art

Black Bull, Lascaux Caves, c. 25,000 BC

June 30 - Class at the Met: Art History and Prehistory

Preparation before class:

1. Visit the Lascaux Cave on line and select one of the images that intrigues you: http://www.lascaux.culture.fr/#/fr/00.xml
2. Read the Introduction and Chapter One in Stokstad's Art: A Brief History.
3. Read Lecture 1, which you will receive as an attachment.

Class discussion:

1. What is art history?
2. Paleoliethic vs. Neolithic Art
3. Prep for Mesopotamia for next week

Back to Basics: An Art History Study Group For You

Paleolithic, Venus of Willendorf, c. 25,000 BC

Are you ready for your own art history study group?  Join us for in-person, focused discussions with experienced art-lovers, just like you.

Our goal is to dig deeper into art by studying specific examples in a textbook and in New York museum collections.  The textbook provides basic information and an organized path for our explorations.  Weekly discussion groups give us a place to share our ideas.  This blog will keep a record of our progress and provide some supplementary material. Written lectures, diagrams and charts will be sent only to enrolled members of the study group.

Please bring your knowledge, intuition and sense of humor.

Syllabus for the Summer Series:
June 30 - Prehistoric and Mesopotamian
July   7 - Egyptian
July 14 - Ancient Greek
July 21 - Ancient Roman
July 28 - Ancient Jewish Art at the Jewish Museum

Instructor: Beth S. Gersh-Nesic, director, New York Arts Exchange
Textbook: Art: A Brief History by Marilyn Stokstad (2006)
Location: Metropolitan Museum of Art cafeteria (except July 28 at the JM)
Day: Mondays
Time: 1 - 3 pm

Fee: $250 for the summer series of 5 classes; $60 a la carte

To enroll, please contact Beth at nyarts.exchange@verizon.net,

We hope you will join us for a spirited study of the world's greatest masterpieces.
NB: This study group meets on Mondays; the tours will continue to take place on Wednesdays.

Beth New York

aka Beth S. Gersh-Nesic, Ph.D.
Director
New York Arts Exchange
www.nyarts-exchange.com