OLLI Fall 2014    
Golden Treasures of Italian Painting and Small Treasures of Northern Painting; 
the importance of color, shape and size.

The focus of this class is inspired by the special exhibition that opens at the North Carolina Museum of Art in October 2014 entitled, Small Treasures: Rembrandt, Vermeer, Van Dyck and Their Contemporaries, featuring 64 small-format paintings no larger than 8 X 10 inches.  In this course we will study Italian, Dutch and Flemish painting from the Renaissance and Baroque periods, in slide lectures and in the NCMA galleries, from the standpoint of color, shape and size. We will explore questions such as how these elements represent patronage, function and meaning. The course will conclude with a tour of the special exhibition.

Johannes Vermeer, Young Woman Seated at a Virgil, c. 1670-72. oil on canvas. 8 X 10, private collection

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Giotto di Bondone, The "Peruzzi Altarpiece," c. 1310-1315. tempera and gold leaf panel. North Carolina Museum of Art

Course held at the North Carolina Museum of Art
     Lectures: Wednesdays 11:00-12:30
     Gallery Sessions (choose 1):
          Session 1: Wednesdays  10:30-11:30
          Session 2: Wednesdays  12:00-  1:00
          Session 3: Thursdays       10:30-11:30
          Session 4: Thursdays       12:00-  1:00

     Schedule:
          September 10        (lecture)  Medieval Italy
          September 17/18  (Italian Galleries)   
          October         1        (lecture)  Italian Renaissance
          October       8/9       (Italian Galleries) 
          October       22        (lecture)  The Northern Flavor
          October       29/30  (Dutch & Flemish Galleries)  
          November    5         (lecture)  The small and special; Rembrandt  and Vermeer
          November  12         (lecture)  Works in the Small Treasures Exhibition
          November  19/20    Tour Special Exhibition: Small Treasures