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