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Prepared
presentations***
General Topics
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How to look at Art
Arthur Schopenhauer said: Treat a work of art like a prince: let
it speak to you first.
Georgia O'Keeffe wrote: Nobody sees a flower, really – it is so
small – we haven't time, and to see takes time, like to have a friend
takes time.
In this richly-illustrated presentation we’ll talk about how to get a
work of art to speak, how to visit a museum, and how to make friends
with the art you see.
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Art Controversies Old and New
Should Britain return the Parthenon marbles to
Greece? Did Leonardo put a woman in his Last Supper?
Is the Mona Lisa a man?
Are the Rivera murals sacrilegious?
Was Jackson Pollock a genius or
a fraud?
Should museums display nudes?
Is Marcel Duchamp's urinal art?
Throughout history much art has been controversial.
We'll look at the art and
discuss the issues.
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Magical
Multiples: The Art of the
Print
(single talk or 3-part series)
Come and see my etchings!
Prints
have intrigued us since the first woodcuts.
Artists from the fifteenth century to today have explored the visual
possibilities of printmaking. We'll
talk about how different prints are made and look at a rich variety of fine
artworks.
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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly –
Women in Art
Some of the earliest
art we have – from 30,000 years ago – seems to show women barefoot,
pregnant, and in the cave.
Over the centuries since then, men making art have tended to
portray women either as goddesses or whores.
This lecture looks at how the male gaze has rendered the
female and explores the changes when women have the chance to
become artists speaking about themselves.
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English
Accents
Perhaps you thought English art was like
English cooking – boring!
Not so as you will find out as we journey from Old Masters like
Hogarth and Turner to the sensational, even scandalous, Young
British Artists and Turner Prize winners of today.
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General
Topics
Art
Topics by Time Period
Talks
Focusing on Special Artists
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Contact wendyevans@art-talks.org
to get a new topic developed for your group.
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