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 

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