OLLI101678 - Florence & Paris: European Art Capitals
Course Description
FLORENCE & PARIS: EUROPEAN ART CAPITALS
Instructor: James Pagliaro
Day of Week: Thursday
Dates: Nov. 13 and 20; Dec. 4 and 11 (4 sessions)
Time: 1:30 p.m. – 3 p.m.
Location: Hybrid at Ambler
In the spring art history series taught by this instructor, students toured some of the great Museums of Europe including the Prado, Louvre, Musée d’Orsay, and the National Gallery in London. In the Fall we will complete this virtual tour series with an in-depth look at the collection of the Galleria Uffizi, which houses one of the greatest art collections in the world, including the Renaissance treasures of the Medici family. Then we shall jump ahead to Paris in the 19thC, and explore the biography and extraordinary works of the American artist John Singer Sargent during his 10 years of study and work in Paris, followed by an examination of the life and works of Édouard Manet, often called: “The First Modern Painter” - one of the greatest innovators of 19thC French art, and an inspiration to the Impressionists. The 4th and final lecture will focus on “The 150th Anniversary of Impressionism” featuring the artists and the works that were shown at the first Exhibition of Impressionism in Paris in 1874, an exhibition that changed art forever.
Maximum: *25 In-person/125 Online
Instructor Bio: James Pagliaro enjoyed a distinguished career as a trial lawyer while also dedicating his life to understanding, sharing and teaching others about the arts. For 25 years, he has served as a docent at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, where he chaired the Corporate Partners Board, and currently serves as a member of the museum’s curatorial committees on European painting, sculpture and decorative arts. Since leaving the practice of law in 2018, Pagliaro has studied art history at the University of Oxford. As a former trial lawyer, he is an accomplished storyteller, weaving together the threads of history, culture and art to engage and inspire audiences.
Notes
This is a hybrid course. Hybrid courses feature both in-person and online components that occur simultaneously. In-person students attend class with the instructor, while online students participate via Zoom, engaging with the same material in real time.
Please note that if you are signing up for the in-person section that you will be wait listed. Courses that are in high demand or have limited seating are designated as waitlisted. Throughout the course catalog, these courses are marked with an asterisk (*).When you register for a waitlisted course, you are added to a waitlist rather than securing an immediate seat. At the end of the registration and enrollment period, any wait listed class that is oversubscribed is run through the lottery system that will randomly assign available seats to students on the waitlist. This process ensures that seat allocation is fair and not based on when a member registers.
The virtual section of this course is Direct Enroll, which means there are plenty of seats for this class and you are enrolling directly into this section.