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Talking Art: Good Taste, Bad Taste and Other Myths

Code: AA41027

Dates: January 15-22, 2026

Meets: 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM

Sessions: 2

Location: ONLINE

Course Fee: $45.00

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Art has been with us since the very beginning of our species as Homo Sapiens:  True or False? Both! Take the the Lascaux Caves with 680 frescoes and 1,500 engravings: did their prehistoirc makers think of this as “Art?”  Let's discuss our relationship to art and communication with the artist through analytic tools, formal analysis and various models of interpretation, Explore the rise of key notions (conscious or not) that of “genius,"  “Art,”  “good taste”, as well as aesthetics and the role institutions play in our understanding and impressions. Enroll in the online class and BOTH Museum sessions for the discounted rate of $120 for the series.
Fee: $45.00
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Fee Breakdown

CategoryDescriptionAmount
Course Fee (Basic)Course Fee$ 45.00
Course Fee (Alternate)Series$ 120.00

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Cordula Grewe

Dr. Cordula Grewe specializes in modern European art, with an emphasis on visual piety, word-image relationships, aesthetics, and art as politics. Her books include Painting the Sacred in the Age of Romanticism (2009), The Nazarenes: Romantic Avant-garde and the Art of the Concept (2015), Wilhelm Schadow (1788-1862): Werkverzeichnis der Gemälde (2017), and The Arabesque from Kant to Comics (2021) as well as essay collections on museums of mankind (Die Schau des Fremden, 2006) and print culture (The Enchanted World of German Romantic Prints, co-edited with John Ittmann, 2017). Her current research projects now push into the 20th and 21st century, ranging from modern theo-aesthetics (Ingres to the Leipzig School) and the body as medium (Emma Hamilton to Nicki Minaj) to art in the Third Reich (Nazi Cultures of Display). In addition to her art historical research, she has embarked on a ‘non-fictional novel,’ part historical reckoning, part family history, and titled Mink in Flames: A Memoir of Immigration, Intergenerational Trauma, and the American Dream.

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