Art Presentations by Wendy Evans

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Talks currently scheduled in public venues through August 2019 

This is an update of an earlier talk including some different artworks and different Jewish artists, some very famous, others less so but worth exploring. The title is the Jewish toast "To Life" as we will especially remember those whose lives were taken during the Holocaust on this day, Yom Hashoah, to remember it. They live on in the works celebrated as part of this presentation. 

Open to anyone 55+
Registration not required. Fee $5
Information at http://www.jccdet.org/adults/active-life/ 
or contact Rosa Chessler at 248 432-5467 or rchessler@jccdet.org

Changes in ideas and society are always reflected in art, but during this period of intellectual ferment as well as revolution, art and discussions about it impacted ideas and events.  Three self-contained classes tracks the changing ideas and the changing art.

May 22: The Seeds of Revolution After the devastating 30 Years War, the french monarchy becomes the strongest in Europe. Its excesses sowed the seeds of revolution. We'll explore how and why art changed from the classical style of Poussin allied to baroque pomposity at the time of Louis XIV to the frivolous art of the aristocracy under Louis XV.
May 29:  The Art, Ideas, and Events Leading to Revolution This class covers how the seeds of revolution were watered in the salons of the aristocracy as well as in books and journals by the ideas of philosophers like Voltaire, by the writings of art critics like Denis Diderot, and by the impact of paintings by Jacques-Louis David.
June 5:   The Revolution and its Aftermath  Beginning with the art celebrating the revolution, and the art destroyed by it, this class will track its bloody aftermath, the rise of Napoleon, and the propaganda art of the Empire in the early 19th century.

Information and registration for any or all classes at 248 644-5832 or on line
Fee $40 for a single class, $110 for series
(Fee helps support the educational mission of the Community House)

Impressionists, like Claude Monet and Auguste Renoir introduced a new way of painting in bright colors to try to capture the brilliance of outdoor light. and short brush strokes to capture movement.  Artists after them tended to retain the vivid colors but reject the idea that art should quickly and spontaneously just depict the world as it is.  Some, like Paul Gauguin and Vincent Van Gogh, wanted a more emotional approach; others, like Paul Cezanne and Georges Seurat, wanted more structure. 

Open to anyone 55+
Registration not required. Fee $5
Information at http://www.jccdet.org/adults/active-life/ 
or contact Rosa Chessler at 248 432-5467 or rchessler@jccdet.org

A fully illustrated look at the revolution in art that took place in France in the second half of the 19th century.  This features artists like Gustave Courbet and Edouard Manet who were the first to challenge academic traditions, then the younger revolutionaries like Claude Monet and the Impressionists, and on through rebels, like Vincent Van Gogh, who followed them.