THURSDAYS, OCTOBER 9 THROUGH NOVEMBER 13 at 12 Noon

Impressionism: Color, Light and Leisure

Lauren Weingarden, PhD

Impressionist painters revolutionized art with a new style that

emphasized changing atmospheric effects and luminous color

harmonies. Their unblended brushstrokes of pure color and

simple compositions broke dramatically with traditional pictorial

techniques. Rejecting historical, mythological, and religious

themes, they instead focused on the rapidly shifting aspects of

modern life—capturing scenes from the countryside, the home,

and the city.

This course examines the work of Monet, Renoir, Degas,

Cassatt, and Morisot from the 1860s to the 1910s, exploring

their stylistic and technical innovations, personal lives, and the

cultural forces shaping their artistry. Participants will gain an

enhanced ability to experience nature and artistic depictions of it

with a newly developed sensory, coloristic, and immersive

aware.