Classic – is the SECOND part of our four (4) segment course the Evolution of Art, Design & Style
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Segments 1 and 2 are now both available
The four segments that make up the course are
1 Civilised
2 Classic
3 Cultured
4 Creative
• Each segment contains 10+ sessions called ‘days’
• Each session is in two parts (or more)
• Each part approx 20 – 30 minutes duration
2 CLASSIC: ARTIST & ARTISANS Renaissance to Restoration
This part of the course covers the periods from the rebirth of humanism in Italy during the fourteenth century to the restoration of Charles II to the English throne, the rule of James 1, James VI of Scotland and William of Mary and Orange and the end of the seventeenth century. It includes the reign of Louis XIV and his Dream Team expanding the Chateau at Versailles. It surveys the building of England’s great treasure houses at the turn of the seventeenth century, the demise of the Stuart Kings and the growing momentum and effect of the rapidly developing China Trade with England and Europe.
The complete course (Segments 1 – 4) surveys in chronological order the evolution of western art, design and style from antiquity to the modern age. This includes painting, sculpture, architecture, interiors, gardens, musical movements, textiles, glass, objet d’art and much, much more. Each epoch is discussed in relationship to the influence of other cultures as well as intellectual, spiritual and philosophical ideas and social change.
CLASSIC: Program
Death Leonardo da Vinci comforted by Francois 1 by Ingres
Days 11 & 12 – Italian Renaissance – Four Parts
The rediscovery of ancient texts in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries in Europe changed perceptions and a new group of accomplished architects and artisans who collectively ushered in a new era in art, design and style. Central to that development was the emergence of the artisan as a creator, an artist who was sought after, supported and respected for his erudition and imagination.
The Villa represented, in architectural form, the cultural ideal of rural life and its frescoed interiors and gardens provided the setting for undisturbed intellectual and creative activities, leisurely conversation with friends and the delights of contemplating the natural and cultivated landscape in different seasons and conditions.
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Days 13 & 14 – The French Renaissance – Three Parts
François 1 dazzled Europe with the sophistication of his court and Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci [1452-1519], former festaivolo at the court of Milan became his ‘Master of the Entertainments’. Following his son Henry II’s untimely death devastating religious wars ensued until Henry IV [1553-1610], the Great, restored France to peace, strong monarchy and stable government. He set about reviving an interest in learning, the arts, as well as rending great public works including the stylish Place Royale (des Voges) in the fashionable Marais district. We will discuss some of the superb chateaux of the Loire and the contribution of two women of influence Diane de Poitiers and Catherine de Medici.
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Who is the boy in blue ! Does he have a story?
Day 15 The Tudors – In the Name of Progress - Parts 1 & 2
Henry VII defeated Richard III at Bosworth Field in 1485, and during his reign ideas that were part of the intellectual life of the Renaissance in Italy would be introduced by Count Baldassare Castiglione a special ambassador to the court from the court at Mantua. His son Henry VIII wanted to outshine the princes of Europe and had the means and innate taste to do so and he set about it with great gusto.
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Day 16 The Tudors – In the Name of Progress Part 3
Henry VIII’s son Edward succeeded him as a minor but died before his majortity and the ill-fated Lady Jane Grey lost her head to Bloody Mary, who lasted only five years. When his daughter Elizabeth 1 came to the throne with a new vision for hope in place with a monarch, who had herself suffered and survived a great deal to succeed, a building boom began. This is an age that admired the grotesque among the beautiful.
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James 1 England James VI Scotland with behind him architect Inigo Jones Banqueting House painted by Paul van Somer
Day 16 The Stuarts – Divine Right of Kings – Part 1
Under the rule of Mary Queen of Scot’s son James 1 (1566 – 1625) uniting the kingdoms of England, Scotland, Wales and northern Ireland would be a major development, both politically and economically. We examine the works of architect Inigo Jones whose career was interrupted by the demise of Charles 1 [1600 - 1649] who lost his head with the arrival of Cromwell, the Commonwealth and the newly found preference for functionalism.
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Day 17 – Dutch Simplicity, Sobriety and Sensuality – Parts 1 & 2
The northern and southern Netherlands [today's Holland and Belgium] was united under Spanish rule until 1579 when a sense of national pride influenced the nature of art including still life. Collectively the works of such as Rembrandt, Rubens and their contemporaries reflect a seventeenth century community of solid, commonplace people supporting a society in which corporate effort for the public good was rewarded by a booming economy.
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Charles le Brun, Louis XIV Designer
Day 18 – The Dream Team – Parts 1 & 2
In seventeenth century France Paris was becoming a sophisticated city when the Superintendent of the King’s Finances Nicolas Foucquet, conceived and completed the quintessential French country Chateau Vaux le Vicomte designed by his ‘dream team’ architect Louis Le Vau, designer Charles Le Brun and gardener Andre le Notre.
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Day 19 - The Dream Team Part 3
Louis XIV set about renovating his father’s hunting lodge at Versailles seconding the talents of Foucquet’s ‘dream team’ to create a building project that ultimately influenced the evolution of all the arts in the western world. Louis Le Vau was succeeded on his death at Versailles by Jules Hardouin Mansart (1646-1708) nephew of Francois Mansart and his pupil, who added amongst others the superb Galerie des Glaces. Its interior was to become Charles le Brun’s triumph.
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Day 19 – The Stuarts – Restoration – Part 2
Charles II was restored to the English throne in 1660. The Great Plague and Great Fire changed the face of London and architect Sir Christopher Wren was given the task of re-designing London. Due to Charles’s influence England embraced the fashionable ‘Baroque’ style predominant at the French and Dutch courts.
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Day 20 – England and its Great Treasure Houses
King James II threw the Great Seal of England into the Thames and fled England when Dutch Protestant rulers William and Mary of Orange claimed the throne of England. Around 1688 some of the grandest architectural gestures in England occur, including Chatsworth a country palace wholly detached in plan and style from current practice and Castle Howard ‘a classical arcadia crowned by a classical dome’, which was created from the ‘bushes, bogs and briars of Yorkshire’. Its gilded windows glinted in the setting sun.
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“I will remember you (Carolyn McDowall) and The Academy (Design and Decorative Arts) at Brisbane (1998 – 2005) fondly for the enlightenment you brought and the widening of vistas across the cultural world” Cecily Dean, Brisbane
CIVILISED: At the Beginnings of Art – the first segment includes Sessions 1 – 10 They are also available for purchase in podcast, ebook and video format for as little as $1.99.
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CULTURED: Romantics, Reformers & Revolutionaries will be available March 2012 and CREATIVE on November 1, 2012
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Carolyn McDowall©The Culture Concept Circle 2011
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