Art in the Afternoon is a four-part lecture series presented by Muscarelle Docents. Join us Wednesdays in October for these illuminated art history presentations. Today, anyone with a cell phone can capture a “self-portrait” – or so it seems. But what do artists hope to achieve when they create images of themselves? How do they want to be seen and understood? And how do they do it? Although appearing in Western art from antiquity, self-portraits don’t become fashionable until the mid-15th century. With technological developments, changing views of the individual, and an increasing interest in the inner self in Western […]

Art in the Afternoon is a four-part lecture series presented by Muscarelle Docents. Join us Wednesdays in October for these illuminated art history presentations. Herding cats? Puss in boots on canvas? A purring pun or two. Ver- Meerkat? We’ve got it all in this lighthearted survey of artists’ representations of cats in various artistic roles presented by Docent Lisa Smith. They’re everywhere. All we’ve got to do is look for them. This familiar yet inscrutable animal is an ideal instrument in domesticity, black magic, and other untamed chaos. We’ll unleash these creatures with minds of their own on the big screen. […]

Art in the Afternoon is a four-part lecture series presented by Muscarelle Docents. Join us Wednesdays in October for these illuminated art history presentations. Francisco de Goya is at once regarded as the last of the Old Masters and the first of the moderns. In 1814, Goya broke with the conventions of Christian art and traditional depictions of war. In two magnificent paintings, he documented the raw depredations of power over political dissent. Through Goya, we open the door to contemporary artists in the permanent collection of the Muscarelle Museum of Art. This survey by Docent Harry Chancey will cover the […]

Art in the Afternoon is a four-part lecture series presented by Muscarelle Docents. Join us Wednesdays in October for these illuminated art history presentations. Our bodies are hardwired to the human form and the space it inhabits. And yet, we look, but don’t see. This presentation, by Docents Sandra Stephan and Harry Chancey, is designed to comfortably move us from looking to seeing. Tombstones are the plaques mounted on the wall next to works of art. They tell us the Who? What? When? Where? and How? of art. This presentation explores the “Why?” We’ll explore the mysteries of art and search […]