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ShareAdult Art History: Ingres’s World of Luxury
Date :
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Time :
10:30 a.m. -
12:00 p.m.
Instructor : Charlotte N. Eyerman, Ph.D.
Type : Adult Education
Ingres’s Comtesse d’Haussonville expresses the painter’s technical mastery as well as his deep and abiding fascination with the visual. This portrait of an elegant aristocrat articulates salient information about the countess and her husband, Ingres’s patron. Studying the painting and the context in which it was made and exhibited also sheds light on broader issues in 19th-century French art and culture. Eyerman situates Ingres’s masterpiece within his artistic practice and his identity as an academic artist of the highest order. She also considers the meaning and implications of his illusionistic style, expressed so perfectly in the Comtesse d’Haussonville, in terms of the artist’s predecessors and his legacy to the present day.
The fee of $15 includes admission to the galleries on the day of class. Walk-in registration begins at 10:15 a.m. For further information, call the Education Department at (626) 844-6980.