How to Look at and Understand Great Art poster

Basic Info

First Air: January 01, 2011

Status: Ended

Seasons & Episodes

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 36

Last Episode

Name: Your Next Museum Visit—Do It Yourself!

Season: 1, Episode: 36

Air Date: 2011-01-01

The final lecture opens with a detailed and thought-provoking guide to museum-going. Consider ways of making the most of visits to permanent collections and special exhibitions in both large and small museums. Conclude with a sumptuous review involving masterworks from the many eras, movements, and schools you've looked at.

How to Look at and Understand Great Art

2011 1 seasons 36 episodes

Overview

Contemplate the "anti-art" spirit of Dadaism, its nihilistic yet humorous indictment of civilization and bizarre use of unconventional media. In the sensibility of Surrealism, observe its compelling focus on the subconscious and two substyles - dream imagery, with its juxtaposition of objects and settings, and "automatic drawing," eliciting unplanned images from the unconscious.