First Susan Halvey gave us a very thorough run through symbolism mentioning quite a number of artists whose names were unfamiliar to me. Probably the most famous of the Symbolists was Gustave Moreau (1826 -1898) and this is certainly his most well -known picture:
There are many others but the father of Symbolism was thought to be Gauguin and one of his paintings that falls into this category is this:
Where do we come from?What are we? Where are we going?
However there was one painter in this group whose most celebrated picture always fascinated me even when I knew little of the Symbolists:
Arnold Boecklin - Island of the Dead
Think on these.
The second lecture was a very comprehensive examination of the concept of Style through classicism in architecture. I really liked this subject as architecture has alwaysappealed to me as an integrated art form.The Villa Rotonda (the proper name of which is the Villa Almerico -this I learned for the first time) of Palladio (c.1501) is a building in the classical style but adapted to its time :
I particularly liked the last part on the classical style in modernist architecture such as the work of Peter Behrens:
and look forward enormously the the discussion of the Bauhaus
Immediately after lunch (very brief ) we were into a studio seminar on the concept of the city with Kieran Cashell. The idea of the urban is becoming something that is central 21C art practise - after all a recent survey has shown that now 75% of the world's population lives in cities.
He gave us our essay subject - " Urban Imagination" ; - I have started making notes.
Loads of pictures tomorrow.
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