Tulane Art History Summer Classes in Paris

4-WEEK PROGRAM: JULY 11 – AUGUST 9

ARHS 3911 (3 CREDITS)

IMPRESSIONISM IN PARIS MUSEUMS

PROF. MICHELLE FOA

Paris is the best place in the world to learn about Impressionism!  Not only do the city’s museums have the largest and best collections of Impressionist works, but we’ll be able to see first-hand the many sites that the Impressionists depicted in their images.  In this class, we will explore the work and careers of central figures in the Impressionist and Post-Impressionist movement such as Degas, Renoir, Monet, Van Gogh, and others, by studying their works in person in museum collections and special exhibitions throughout the city.  Some of the museums that we will visit are the Musée d’Orsay, the Musée de l’Orangerie, and the Musée Marmottan Monet.  We will also take a trip to see Monet’s beautiful house, gardens, and water lily pond in Giverny.

ARHS 3913 (3 CREDITS)

ART, MONTMARTRE, AND THE PLEASURES OF PARIS

PROF. MICHELLE FOA

In this class, we will explore the various forms of pleasure and entertainment that were an essential part of Paris’s identity in the later 19^th century, and we’ll analyze different painters’ and writers’ representations of these Parisian pleasures.  We’ll pay particular attention to the world of Montmartre, a center of the city’s pleasure industry and its modern art scene.  From Baudelaire’s writings about Parisian prostitutes to Toulouse-Lautrec’s many pictures of Montmartre’s dance halls, we’ll study the work of some of the key artists of the period and visit some of the entertainment sites and activities that they featured in the work, such as Montmartre cabarets and the beautiful Garnier Opera House.  Other leisure and entertainment venues that we’ll visit are the Eiffel Tower and Paris’s 19^th-century department stores and shopping arcades.  By the end of the class, we’ll see why Paris was thought of as the European pleasure capital of the 19^th century!

• Both classes are taught entirely in English and no art history background is required.
• Program-wide excursions include a 4-day trip through Northern France, a visit to a palace outside of Paris, and a nighttime dinner cruise down the Seine River.

If you have any questions about these classes or the Paris summer program, please feel welcome to contact 

Prof. Michelle Foa (mfoa@tulane.edu) or Joseph Michel in the study abroad office (jmichel4@tulane.edu).

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Summer 2015: Museums, Galleries, and the Art World in New York City

In New York, Tulane professors Holly Flora and Michael Plante will accompany the students and guide some of the visits. Whenever possible, students will be introduced to curators, dealers, and gallerists, particularly those with connections to Tulane. Some possibilities are Julie Saul, an alum who owns and directs a photography gallery; Helen C. Evans, a curator at the Metropolitan Museum; Sanford Heller, a private art dealer and consultant; Douglas Crimp, an art historian; Joyce Menschel, a collector and philanthropist.

Dates: June 8 – July 2, 2015

Pre-req: Sophomore standing

Application Deadline: March 30; 

registration is on a first-come basis

Program Cost: $6,000 - includes travel to New York City

Courses:

ARHS 3980: The New York School

Professor Michael Plante

Following World War II, New York supplanted Paris as the center of the international art 

market. Alongside this development, New York also emerged as a major center of artistic 

production. This course will explore the 

developments in the visual arts in New York since 1945. We will concentrate upon the 

social-historical formations of artistic development, beginning with European emigrés arriving in New York during the war years, and including movements such as Abstract Expressionism, Neo-Dada (Johns and Rauschenberg), Color Field abstraction, Pop art, Minimalism and Post-Minimalism. Special emphasis will be given to objects that are housed in New York-area 

collections.

ARHS 3920: Medieval and Early Modern Art 

in New York Collections

Professor Holly Flora

This course will examine paintings, sculpture, 

architecture, mosaics, tapestries, metalwork, ivories, and stained glass windows of the late Middle Ages and early modern period in Europe and the Mediterranean ca. 500-1000 CE, with a focus on objects in the collections of the 

Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Cloisters, the Pierpont Morgan Library, and the Frick Collection in New York. Students will gain an understanding of the history of collecting and exhibiting art from this period and be able to reflect on and write critically about current issues of curatorial practice, museum education, and the politics of display surrounding the current presentation of these works in New York institutions. In New York, students will meet curators, conservators, and educators from these institutions, gaining an understanding of the inner workings of major arts centers.

For registration information contact Tinesse Connell, tconnell@tulane.edu or if you have questions, 

contact Professors Plante (mdplante@tulane.edu) or Flora (hflora@tulane.edu).

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