Cornelia Feye: Eastern Influences in Western Art
Lecture: Art historian Cornelia Feye elucidates the underpinnings of Asian cultural influences on Western art from Impressionism to Abstraction to Conceptual Art in Eastern Influences in Western Art from the Late 19th Through the 20th Century. During the last quarter of the 19th century, Asian art in the form of Japanese woodblock prints and Buddhist sculpture, as well as translations of Eastern philosophy, arrived in Western Europe, particularly Paris. Impressionist artists such as Claude Monet, Edgar Degas, and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec were inspired and influenced by the flat colors, unusual perspectives, and motifs that captured ordinary moments in time in the ukiyo-e. Post-Impressionists Vincent Van Gogh and Paul Gaugin echoed these prints in their paintings, and the influences continued throughout the 20th century. This four-week lecture series explores the ways in which select artists were influenced and inspired not only by the formal aspects of Asian art, but also by Eastern thought and concepts. The lectures are based on the work and research of Jacquelynn Baas as presented in her book Smile of the Buddha: Eastern Philosophy and Western Art from Monet to Today. The lectures will be live-streamed via Zoom. Ticketholders will receive a link a week before the first lecture. The lectures will be available for 24 hours to ticketholders.
When
Ongoing until Tuesday, November 17, 2020
Hours
| Tuesdays, 6:30am |