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Art History : Egyptian Art to Pop - The Key Movements
Art history is more than names, dates, and movements— it is about the unexpected connections that create its complex narrative.| Length | 1 to 3 months |
| Price | $ 1485 |
| Subject | Art, Design |
| Level | Beginner |
| Languages | English |
| Video Transcripts | None |
Art history is more than names, dates, and movements— it is about the unexpected connections that create its complex narrative. From Egypt’s mythic symbolism to Warhol’s pop sensibility, this course invites you to study significant artists and examine key art objects that illustrate and explain the unfolding of Western art history. As there is never a single way to interpret an art object, course lectures provide diverse contexts and ways of looking, guiding you toward developing an independent and confident approach to looking at—and finding meaning in—works of art.
For those passionate about art, Art History: Egyptian Art to Pop, The Key Movements offers a solid education on how to analyze, interpret, and appreciate art.
What you'll learn
What you will learn:
The skills and tools to independently look at and interpret works of art from the Egyptian pyramids to Pop art.
How to approach all kinds of art with a critical eye and sensibility of appreciation.
How to identify and date important art objects and define the essential characteristics (style, content, meaning, and goals) of movements and individual artists in Western art history.
Course syllabus
Week 1: The Ancient Mediterranean: Egypt, Greece, and Rome
Week 2: The Myth of the Dark Ages and the Emergence of Light: The Medieval Period
Week 3: Science, Grandeur, and Leisure: Renaissance, Baroque and Beyond
Week 4: The 19th Century and the Rise of Modernism
Week 5: A New Millennium: The Early 20th Century
Week 6: Post-WWII: Abstract Expressionism to Pop Art
Week 2: The Myth of the Dark Ages and the Emergence of Light: The Medieval Period
Week 3: Science, Grandeur, and Leisure: Renaissance, Baroque and Beyond
Week 4: The 19th Century and the Rise of Modernism
Week 5: A New Millennium: The Early 20th Century
Week 6: Post-WWII: Abstract Expressionism to Pop Art
Meet the instructors
Georgia Krantz, Adjunct Faculty, Online
Ph.D., ABD, Queen's University, Ontario; MA, the University of Massachusetts at Amherst
Georgia Krantz is an independent art historian and arts educator with a focus on 20th-century art. She has taught art history at the New School and Pratt Institute and has worked as an educator and education consultant at numerous NYC institutions including the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, the Museum of Modern Art, the Jewish Museum, the International Center of Photography, and the Whitney Museum of American Art. Krantz has extensive university and museum education experience. She currently teaches graduate studies at the Interactive Telecommunications Program and the Interactive Digital Media program at NYU.
Ph.D., ABD, Queen's University, Ontario; MA, the University of Massachusetts at Amherst
Georgia Krantz is an independent art historian and arts educator with a focus on 20th-century art. She has taught art history at the New School and Pratt Institute and has worked as an educator and education consultant at numerous NYC institutions including the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, the Museum of Modern Art, the Jewish Museum, the International Center of Photography, and the Whitney Museum of American Art. Krantz has extensive university and museum education experience. She currently teaches graduate studies at the Interactive Telecommunications Program and the Interactive Digital Media program at NYU.