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Talking Art at the Philadelphia Art Museum: Good Taste, Bad Taste and Other Myths

Code: TT41026

Dates: February 5, 2026

Meets: 1:30 PM to 3:30 PM

Sessions: 1

Location: Philadelphia Museum of Art

Course Fee: $49.00

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Join Prof. Grewe at the Philadelphia Art Museum to put into practice the class discussions by testing these various ways of looking at art. In the afternoon session, Prof Grewe will use a handful of masterpieces - from Rogier Van der Weyden to Duchamps -  to walk us through the steps of really SEEING art, first by acknowledging our "gut" reaction and only then by describing what we see using our new tools. Moving on to interpretation, have a "conversation" with the artwork, connecting form, context, and your experience while "reading" the artwork to understand the artist's choices. Finally, explore the importance of social/historical context. Enroll in the Online course and BOTH Museum sessions for the discounted rate of $120.
Fee: $49.00

Fee Breakdown

CategoryDescriptionAmount
Course Fee (Basic)Course Fee$ 49.00
Course Fee (Alternate)Series$ 120.00

Philadelphia Museum of Art

Philadelphia Museum of Art
26th St & Benjamin Franklin Parkway
Philadelphia, PA 19130
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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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