Contemporary architectural achievements in Paris are studied with lectures and on-site visits to such places as art nouveau buildings, the Pompidou Center, La Villette and the new Bastille Opera House, as well as neighborhoods in Les Halles, Montparnasse and La D fense. Enrollment is limited. Students must pay entrance fees. Regular museum visits are spent studying such masters as Rubens, Le Nain, Watteau, Fragonard, Chardin and Boucher. The class makes frequent visits to the Louvre.
Students pay museum entrance fees.
The course traces the development of the Impressionist movement from such precursors as Corot and Courbet to Monet and Renoir, ending with post-Impressionists Van Gogh and Gauguin. Students pay museum entrance fees. Major current events in modern art since the Impressionist movement are covered. There is a considerable amount of museum study. Students pay museum entrance fees.