Developing Connoisseurship: Learning to Look
Register for this Spring 2023 course on the new NYU SPS Academy of Lifelong Learning website.
What makes one painting better than another painting? One artist better than another artist? Why is Michelangelo’s David
better than Bernini’s David?
Why is a Picasso cubist painting better than a Braque cubist painting? Or are they better? This class will discuss how to develop basic connoisseurship by looking at the theories and aesthetics that separate the good from the great in Renaissance through contemporary art. Leave this class with a new approach to looking at art. Lectures will be supplemented by museum and gallery excursions.
Spring 2023 tuition is $599
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You'll Walk Away with
- The ability to define and practice art connoisseurship
- An understanding of what makes one artist or painting better than another
Ideal for
- Art enthusiasts
- Professionals working in the arts
NO open sections available for this course at the moment. Please check back next semester.