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OLLI Class 2015
Da Vinci and Escher; the Science of Art
The focus of this class is inspired by two special exhibitions that open at the North Carolina Museum of Art in October entitled, Leonardo da Vinci’s Codex Leicester, from the collection of Bill Gates and The World Of M.C. Escher. In this course we will take a close look at these two artists, Da Vinci and Escher, and how their creative process synthesized science and art.
Course held at the North Carolina Museum of Art
Lectures: Tuesday 11:00-12:30
Gallery Sessions:
session 1: Tuesday 10:30-11:30
session 2: Tuesday 12:00- 1:00
session 3: Wednesday 10:30-11:30
session 4: Wednesday 12:00- 1:00
Schedule:
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October 13 lecture: Italian High Renaissance
October 20 lecture: Da Vinci and the Notebooks
October 26-30 OLLI Fall Retreat
November 3 & 4 galleries: Leonardo da Vinci’s Codex Leicester
November 10 lecture: Perspective, Distortion, Metamorphosis
November 17 & 18 galleries: Perspective, Distortion, Metamorphosis
Thanksgiving
December 1 lecture: M.C. Escher
December 8 & 9 galleries: The Worlds of M.C. Escher
Da Vinci and Escher; the Science of Art
The focus of this class is inspired by two special exhibitions that open at the North Carolina Museum of Art in October entitled, Leonardo da Vinci’s Codex Leicester, from the collection of Bill Gates and The World Of M.C. Escher. In this course we will take a close look at these two artists, Da Vinci and Escher, and how their creative process synthesized science and art.
Course held at the North Carolina Museum of Art
Lectures: Tuesday 11:00-12:30
Gallery Sessions:
session 1: Tuesday 10:30-11:30
session 2: Tuesday 12:00- 1:00
session 3: Wednesday 10:30-11:30
session 4: Wednesday 12:00- 1:00
Schedule:
_______________________________________________________________
October 13 lecture: Italian High Renaissance
October 20 lecture: Da Vinci and the Notebooks
October 26-30 OLLI Fall Retreat
November 3 & 4 galleries: Leonardo da Vinci’s Codex Leicester
November 10 lecture: Perspective, Distortion, Metamorphosis
November 17 & 18 galleries: Perspective, Distortion, Metamorphosis
Thanksgiving
December 1 lecture: M.C. Escher
December 8 & 9 galleries: The Worlds of M.C. Escher