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Explore Art History in Good Company with Dr. Karen Pope
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| Caspar David Friedrich, Woman at the Window, 1822 |
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| Join art historian Karen Pope for study tours, day trips and informal luncheons to expand your horizons or fill gaps in your world of art. No background or experience is necessary--just curiosity!
Upcoming events, near and far, offer art history experiences in the good company of companions with similar interests.
- CONTACT Add your name to the email list or begin a registration for an Art inSight event at Contact Art inSight.
- REVIEW For a history of study tours and programs conducted by Art inSight, see About Art inSight.
- READ For a one-page printable description of 2012 events, click and open the .pdf at left.
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2012 Art inSight schedule (1 page) |
Art inSight's SCHEDULE for 2012
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| Palladio, Villa Rotunda, 1570 (Vicenza), portico detail |
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2012 Lecture Series: The World′s Great Buildings--Milestones in Architecture
Focus on some of the greatest buildings in history and reasons for their status.
Beautiful images, art history, food, and good company, in the Terrace Room (capacity: 80) at Westwood Country Club in west Austin. Each program begins with coffee (10:30), followed by an informal illustrated lecture (11:00), and a seated luncheon at about noon.
The cost for each event is $30 per person*. Preregistration is expected; the deadline for registration is the preceding Friday.
NB: *Westwood Country Club now adds a surcharge to late additions; $35 per person the week of the event.
Registration: Your check is your reservation. Make checks payable to Karen Pope Art inSight and mail to:
PO Box 5730
Austin TX 78763-5730
Background reference suggestion:
Carol Strickland, The Annotated Arch: A Crash Course in the History of Architecture (9780740710247)
Schedule of dates and topics:
1. ANCIENT WORLD . . . . . . . . . . . . Friday, January 20 . . . . . Stonehenge, 2750 BC; and the Parthenon, 477 BC
2. ANCIENT WORLD . . . . . . . . . . . . Friday, February 17 . . . . Pantheon, 125 AD; and St. Peters, 325
3. GOTHIC & RENAISSANCE . . . . . . Friday, March 23 . . . . . . Chartres, 1194; Pazzi Chapel, 1429; Villa Rotunda, 1566
4. BAROQUE & WEST . . . . . . . . . . . Friday, April 27* . . . . . . . San Carlo all Quattro Fontane, 1638; Drayton Hall, 1738
5. REVIEW SESSION . . . . . . . . . . . Friday, July 20
6. NEW SYSTEMS: STEEL . . . . . . . . Friday, August 17. . . . . . Crystal Palace, 1851; Eiffel Tower, 1889; Carson Pirie Scott, 1900
7. MODERN: THE HOUSE . . . . . . . . Friday, September 14* . . Robie House, 1909; Villa Savoye, 1928; Farnsworth Hse, 1946
8. MODERN: TALL BUILDINGS . . . . Friday, October 26* . . . . Seagram Bldg, 1954; AT&T Bldg, 1984
9. SCULPTURESQUE . . . . . . . . . . . Friday, November 16 . . Notre-Dame-du-Haut, Ronchamp, 1955; Disney Hall, 1999
*changed from original schedule sent in January
Past series:
2011 Women in Art/Art of Women
2010 Art of Nations: Survey of Art History, One Country at a Time
2009 Angels, Saints and Their Friends in Art History
2008 Time Capsules: A Survey of Seven Centuries
2007 Un-Birthday Parties (for great artists with inconvenient birthdates)
1995-2006 Birthday Parties for great artists, on their true birthdays
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Texas Museum Exhibition Recommendations and Special Events
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| Richard William Hubbard (1816-1888), Mount Holyoke Looking Toward the Connecticut River, 1877 . |
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| ABILENE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
AUSTIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
BLANTON MUSEUM OF ART ♦ www.blantonmuseum.org
Go West! Representations of the American Frontier (January 14 - September 23, 2012)
The exhibition features paintings, sculptures and works on paper made in, and about, the American West by Henry Farny, Charles Russell, Maynard Dixon, and other artists from The Blanton’s celebrated C.R. Smith Collection of Art of the American West, in the largest installation of this collection in over a decade. Go West! is organized thematically and chronologically, with investigations of the country’s westward expansion in the nineteenth century, including: contested territories and the ensuing battles of the U.S. Army cavalry, representations of Native Americans, cowboys and ranchers, ideas of Manifest Destiny, the industrialization and urbanization of the land, and the ever-changing American landscape as witnessed and portrayed by artists living and working in the Western United States.
AUSTIN MUSEUM OF ART + ARTHOUSE (formerly Austin Contemporary Art Museum) ♦ http://amoa-arthouse.org/
HARRY RANSOM HUMANITIES RESEARCH CENTER at UT-AUSTIN ♦ http://www.hrc.utexas.edu
NEILL-COCHRAN HOUSE MUSEUM ♦ www.nchmuseum.org
UMLAUF SCULPTURE GARDEN ♦ www.umlaufsculpture.org
CORPUS CHRISTI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
ART MUSEUM OF SOUTH TEXAS ♦ www.stia.org
DALLAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
"The first wide-ranging examination of American fine art from the end of World War I through the start of the Great Depression, this nationally touring exhibition, featuring more than 130 works of painting, sculpture, and photography by more than sixty-five artists, will demonstrate how American artists of the period embraced a progressive, idealized realism visible in a resurgence of figuration and in highly distilled images of American places and things."
Texas in the Twenties: Prints, Drawings, and Photographs from Local Collections (March 4 - July 1, 2012)
"To complement the exhibition Youth and Beauty: Art of the American Twenties, the DMA presents Texas in the Twenties, an exhibition featuring images of Texas during the 1920s made by Texas artists. Gathering drawings, etchings, prints, and photographs loaned by local collections, the exhibition highlights scenes of Texas as well as the transitional time in Dallas history when it was on the verge of becoming one of our nation’s largest and most vibrant cities. Showcasing approximately thirty works by L. O. Griffith, Mary Anita Bonner, and Eugene Omar Goldbeck."
FORT WORTH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
AMON CARTER MUSEUM ♦ www.cartermuseum.orgSargent's Youthful Genius: Paintings from the Clark (through June 17, 2012)
Four spectacular paintings to complement the concurrent Clark exhibition at the Kimbell
KIMBELL ART MUSEUM ♦ www.kimbellart.org Michelangelo's First Painting: The Torment of Saint Anthony (ongoing)
The Age of Impressionism: Great French Paintings from the Clark (March 11 - June 17, 2012)73 paintings from the renowned collection of the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Massachusetts, will include 22 Renoirs and 6 Monets, along with works by Degas, Manet, Pissarro, Gauguin, Toulouse-Lautrec, and Bonnard.
MODERN ART MUSEUM OF FORT WORTH ♦ www.themodern.org
NATIONAL COWGIRL MUSEUM & HALL OF FAME ♦ www.cowgirl.net
SID RICHARDSON MUSEUM Celebrating Remington & Russell ♦ www.sidrichardsonmuseum.org
HOUSTON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS ♦ www.mfah.org
Rembrandt, Van Dyck, Gainsborough: the Treasures of Kenwood House, London (June 3 - September 3, 2012)
45 masterworks from the world-famous Iveagh Bequest, including the works of artists named in the exhibition's title, and works by Hals, Reynolds, Turner, and others. Texans have seen this collection in London, but the collection is making its first appearance in the US with this exhibition.
Duncan Phyfe: Master Cabinetmaker in New York (June 24 - September 9, 2012)
The first exhibition in 90 years of America's most famous cabinetmaker, its chronological organization offers a sweep of Phyfe's entire career, enhanced with portraits of famous clients, pictures of interiors, and Phyfe's tool chest.
Richard Serra Drawings: A Retrospective (March 2 - June 10, 2012)
The first-ever retrospective of the artist’s drawings, Richard Serra Drawing: A Retrospective, will be the first major one-person exhibition organized by the Menil Drawing Institute and Study Center.
Silence (July 27 - October 21, 2012)
"Whether a positive source of inspiration, an enigmatic force, or an unsettling limbo zone, silence is a powerful force in art and human experience. Silence considers the absence of sound as a subject and a medium in contemporary art, in paintings, drawings, sculptures, installations, performances, and sound works."
CONTEMPORARY ARTS MUSEUM ♦ www.camh.org
HOUSTON CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY CRAFT ♦ www.crafthouston.org
THE PEARL [The Pearl Fincher MFA, Cypress Creek/Spring TX] ♦ www.pearlmfa.org
ORANGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
STARK MUSEUM OF ART ♦ www.starkmuseum.org/
From Russia: Fechin and Gaspard in the Southwest (through June 2, 2012)
Nicolai Fechin (1881-1955) and Leon Gaspard (1882-1964)emigrated from Russia and settled in the American Southwest. Both brought academic training, knowledge of European art, and evocative memories of their homeland. From this basis each developed a strong individual style to create art in a new environment. Their art is very popular in New Mexico galleries; this is a chance to see a museum exhibition of their work.
THE W. H. STARK HOUSE ♦ http://www.whstarkhouse.org/
The 14,000 square-foot three-story house built in 1894 by William Henry Stark and his wife, Miriam M. Lutcher Stark, prominent philanthropists who occupied the home until 1936, was designed in the Queen Anne architectural style. It house features a distinctive turret, stained glass windows, and ornate woodwork in cypress and long leaf yellow pine.
As a historic house museum (National Register of Historic Places) it is interpreted to c. 1900 with fifteen rooms of original family furnishings, personal effects and decorative arts, including antique rugs, original textiles, silver, cut glass, and antique porcelain. Also featured are the Stark family’s impressive collections of American Brilliant Period cut glass, pressed and pattern glass, milk glass, porcelains, and other 18th and 19th century decorative accessories.
SAN ANGELO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SAN ANGELO MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS ♦ www.samfa.org
SAN ANTONIO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
McNAY ART MUSEUM ♦ www.mcnayart.org
Rouault’s Miserere: Printed Prayers (May 16 - July 29, 2012)
“Miserere mei, Deus” (God, have mercy on me), the opening line of Psalm 51, inspired Georges Rouault’s title for these images that present the artist’s reaction to the realities of modern life after World War I. Rouault’s 58 prints combine photogravure, etching, aquatint, drypoint, and roulette in one of the most famous print suites of the early 20th century." This suite was a gift to the McNay from Gilbert Denman, a long-time major benefactor of the museum.
Old San Antonio in the backyard
The Witte's backyard has historic houses from all over San Antonio. Walk around the homes to see what materials were used to build each one. Then try to build your own log cabin in the hands-on “little log cabin.” Only the log cabins are open to visitors; the other houses are used for staff offices and museum programs.
- The Ruiz House was the home of the city’s first schoolmaster
- The Twohig House was built in 1841 by Irishman John Twohig
- The Navarro House was built in 1835 by Jose Antonio Navarro
- The Log Cabin was constructed in 1939 by 30 youths participating in President Roosevelt’s National Youth Administration program. The “dog trot” style cabin represents the type of cabin built by many Texas pioneers.
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| John Singer Sargent, Fumée d'Ambre Gris, 1880 (Clark Art Institute, 54 x 27") |
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Crossword: International Women's Day |
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