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Posted on 05/18/2005 9:30:05 AM PDT by Liz
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To: Liz
There's a great course entitled "From Monet to Van Gogh: A History of Impressionism" offered by the Teaching Company. It's 24 half-hour lectures on DVD by Richard Brettell who teaches at the U. of Dallas and used to be the Impressionism Curator at the Art Institute of Chicago. It's an outstanding introduction to the subject by a gifted teacher. My wife and I are watching it for the second time.
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05/18/2005 1:30:29 PM PDT
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jalisco555
("Dogs look up to us, cats look down on us and pigs treat us as equals" Winston Churchill)
To: jalisco555
Thanks.......is this in book stores?
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05/18/2005 2:05:48 PM PDT
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Liz
(A society of sheep must, in time, beget a government of wolves. Bertrand de Jouvenal)
To: WaterDragon
Thanks, great suggestions.
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05/18/2005 2:07:28 PM PDT
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Liz
(A society of sheep must, in time, beget a government of wolves. Bertrand de Jouvenal)
To: Liz
The Renaissance artists could really draw. Da Vinci and Michelangelo both drew beautifully. There are lots of "painters" around today who can't draw well at all. That's why they have to resort to splashing paint around on canvas.
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05/18/2005 3:26:20 PM PDT
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Sabatier
To: wallcrawlr
Me too! My dream home is any one of the Case Study homes.
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05/18/2005 3:35:15 PM PDT
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hobson
To: Liz
Lives of the Artists by Giorgio Vasari is interesting reading. Vasari was a contemporary of many of the artists he discusses and was a personal friend of Michelangelo. His introduction to the chapter on Leonardo da Vinci is thought-provoking and beautiful writing:
"In the normal course of events many men and women are born with various remarkable qualities and talents; but occasionally, in a way that transcends nature, a single person is marvelously endowed by heaven with beauty, grace and talent in such abundance that he leaves other men far behind, all his actions seem inspired, and indeed everything he does clearly comes from God rather than from human art. Everyone acknowledged that this was true of Leonardo da Vinci, an artist of outstanding physical beauty who displayed infinite grace in everything he did and who cultivated his genius so brilliantly that all problems he studied he solved with ease. He possessed great strength and dexterity; he was a man of regal spirit and tremendous breadth of mind. [...] This marvelous and divinely inspired Leonardo was.[...] so favored by nature that to whatever he turned his mind or thoughts the results were always inspired and perfect; and his lively and delightful works were incomparably graceful and realistic. " - link (Penguin translation)
To: wideminded; NYer
"........Leonardo da Vinci (was) an artist of outstanding physical beauty who displayed infinite grace in everything he did and who cultivated his genius so brilliantly that all problems he studied he solved with ease. He possessed great strength and dexterity; he was a man of regal spirit and tremendous breadth of mind. [...] This marvelous and divinely inspired Leonardo was.[...] so favored by nature that to whatever he turned his mind or thoughts the results were always inspired and perfect; and his lively and delightful works were incomparably graceful and realistic. " - link (Penguin translation).... Wonderful tribute to an extraordinary artist.
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05/18/2005 4:16:44 PM PDT
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Liz
(A society of sheep must, in time, beget a government of wolves. Bertrand de Jouvenal)
To: Sabatier
Michaelangelo's sculptures are powerful in the marble exposition of their subject's musculature. The artist was said to study corpses to gain the skill to do his work.
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05/18/2005 4:20:07 PM PDT
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Liz
(A society of sheep must, in time, beget a government of wolves. Bertrand de Jouvenal)
To: Liz
Thanks.......is this in book stores?Only direct from their web site, I think.
www.teach12.com
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05/18/2005 4:31:36 PM PDT
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jalisco555
("Dogs look up to us, cats look down on us and pigs treat us as equals" Winston Churchill)
To: jalisco555
I have found all the Teaching Company material useful. Robert Greenberg does an awesome job on the history of music CDs. They are great to listen to during commutes.
I highly recommend anything they do. (I haven't seen the art yet, but I'm sure it's great too.)
To: Republicanprofessor
I've probably bought upwards of 30 courses from them over the years. I had a fairly narrow, science-based education so I've used the courses to fill in the Humanities gaps. In fact I've turned into such a history nut that some of my colleagues have told me I should go back to school to get a History Ph.D.! Bit late for that, I'm afraid.
Greenberg is great but my favorite professor of all is Rufus Fears of the U. of Oklahoma. He's an unapologetic advocate of the Great Man (or should I say Great Person) theory of history and is a spellbinding lecturer. He just released a new course on Great Books which I plan to pick up soon.
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05/19/2005 5:04:52 AM PDT
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jalisco555
("Dogs look up to us, cats look down on us and pigs treat us as equals" Winston Churchill)
To: jalisco555
I just looked up Rufus Fears. Which ones do you recommend most? I'm going on a long, cross country trip with the kids this summer, and listening to interesting CDs will sustain me.
Sometimes the kids get a great deal out of them too. I think they miss Greenberg this semester, since I'm not teaching anything interdisciplinary with music.
Let me know which are your favorites, and I'll check out the Teaching Company sales.
To: Republicanprofessor
My favorite is the 12 lecture biography of Winston Churchill which I've listened to 3 times so far. Fears is a passionate admirer of Churchill and sees him as the archetype great man who changed history through his personal courage. The courses on Famous Romans and Famous Greeks are also excellent and highly recommended. His course on History of Freedom was also quite good although a bit of a survey course. I'd recommend them in that order. And if you took a chance on his newest course on great books I'm sure you wouldn't go wrong. In fact, I think I'll order it today.
BTW, Prof. Kenneth Harl of Tulane also has a great series of courses covering history going from Rome to the fall of Constantinople. Great stuff as well.
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05/19/2005 5:42:34 AM PDT
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jalisco555
("Dogs look up to us, cats look down on us and pigs treat us as equals" Winston Churchill)
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