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Color and Light
Explore the story of light and color in art - both in the search for greater realism and spiritual ecstasy. Journey from Gothic cathedrals and Indian courtly painting to modern art.
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Explore art in the age of revolution, war and profound scientific change.
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Examine the rise and fall of “progress” as an ideology.
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Explore light and color in art in the search for greater realism and spiritual ecstasy.
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Explore one of humanity’s deepest artistic urges: the depiction of nature.
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Travel east and west— to Renaissance Italy and the contemporaneous Islamic empires.
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See how art became the great interface when distant cultures met for the first time.
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Consider how religion has inspired art and art has inspired divine representation.
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Explore how we look at the human body in art.
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Examine the formative role of art and the creative imagination in the forging of humanity.