Getty Museum series: Vive La France! (online)

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Adults
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Vive la France!

 

Paris was the center of the universe for a long time and they have the stuff to back it up!

Beginning with early Frenchmanuscripts, we'll take an art walk through the history of France. You will see portraiture, landscape and still life works by some of the great French artists including Chardin, David, and Watteau, furniture made by some of France's finest ébénistes (cabinet makers) and decorative arts items that filled the palaces of kings such as Louis XIV. Then, moving up a century or so, we will look at Monet, Degas, Renoir and others who made Impressionism their own.

Image credit: La Surprise by Jean-Antoine Watteau, 1718

Docent Lee Rubinstein holds dual degrees in English and History with a minor in Art History. She has been leading students through the galleries at the Getty since the program's inception in 2012. Additionally, in 2007, Lee created the curriculum for, and now runs, a volunteer art program in underserved schools in Los Angeles.

 

UPCOMING CLASS:

July 12 @1-2 pm: This Sceptered Isle: British Art from the 13th to the 19th Centuries REGISTER.

This class is part of our Summer Reading Adventures series! Visit hclibrary.org/summer to learn more!

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