Artistic Rivalries

GENINT 711.495

Osher (50+). In this course, we explore pairs of famous artists who competed to prove who was the best artist of their time.

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Artists often work and create together to formulate new styles. Just as often, they compete and respond to each other's work, leading to breakthroughs and new developments. In this course, we begin in the Renaissance with the ideological rivalry between Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci, and then between Michelangelo and Raphael. We then move forward in history, exploring different artistic rivalries and how they fueled artistic creation. Other frenemies include JMW Turner and John Constable, Vincent van Gogh and Paul Gauguin, Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso and Willem de Kooning and Jackson Pollock. This course will be recorded. Students will have access to videos for the duration of the course.

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