Viewpoints Gallery presents: Color, Light, Space – Video Lecture Sessions In September 2011, Dick Nelson and Viewpoints Gallery launched an ambitious one-year project designed to promote visual literacy by creating an educational program and exhibition titled “Color. Light. Space.” Eleven Maui artists were selected to participate in a series of documented seminars over the past…
In another synchronistic event, I learned of a current exhibit on Paul Cezanne and his influence on other artists in the same week that Dick talked about him in art history class (week 7). The Philadelphia Museum of Art has a major show going on through May 31, “Cezanne and Beyond.” Apparently, he was very…
In our fourth class, Dick pointed out “lost edges”, where the artist invites the viewer to participate by filling in missing information, such as the Mona Lisa’s hairline on the right side of the painting, where the area is shadowed, leaving the dividing line indistinct. Coincidentally, he got one of his “Twice-weekly letters” from Robert…
Art History 2009 Class 2 Lecture from Richard Nelson Dick’s presentations from the last two meetings of the art history group are available now on Slideshare.net. You can view the first one above. Notice that you can also expand it to full screen. The others are also available to view or download (for a limited…