OLLI101570 - Artists: Famed, Forgotten, Ignored, & Dismissed
Course Description
ARTISTS: FAMED, FORGOTTEN, IGNORED OR DISMISSED
Instructor: James Pagliaro
Day of Week: Wednesdays
Dates: June 5 – 26 (4 sessions)
Time: 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM
Location: Hybrid at Ambler
This course will consist of 4 art history lectures on various artists who were either famous in their lifetimes and subsequently forgotten or ignored, or as in the case of one artist, a painter who was dismissed in his lifetime only to reach the heights of fame after death. Join us as we examine some of the most beautiful paintings and sculpture produced in Europe, and how the marketplace, public taste, and the forces of art historical criticism shaped perceptions of artistic achievement and forged popular concepts of artists’ celebrity.
Maximum: 125 Online/30 In-person
Instructor Bio: James Pagliaro has enjoyed a career as a noted and successful trial lawyer. At the same time, he has led a life rooted in understanding, sharing and teaching others about the arts. He has spent 20 years in Philadelphia as a Docent at the Philadelphia Museum of Art where he has chaired the Corporate Partners Board, and served as a committee member of the PMA’s Curatorial Committees on European Painting, Sculpture and Decorative Arts. Since leaving the practice of law in 2018, James has attended Oxford University where he has mastered in Art History. Above all, as a former trial lawyer, James is an accomplished storyteller, who weaves together the threads of history and art to engage and delight his audiences.
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