Cost and Registration Information

Early Registration Price (August 7 at 10 am – August 31 at 4 pm): $220
Regular Registration Price (August 31 at 4 pm – first day of class): $242

Members, seniors, and students get a 10% discount.

This seminar is full. Please call (312) 255-3700 to be added to the wait list.

Mark your Calendar!

The Newberry Bookstore will re-open on August 14, and you will once again be able to find most of your assigned books for sale there.

Seminar Description

Departing from the rational idealism of Neoclassical art, Romantic painters and sculptors embraced a worldview that opposed the certainties of reason and celebrated the personal, individual, and subjective. This seminar will investigate key features of this early nineteenth-century movement, ranging from the transformation of history painting to the elevation of landscape subjects and the depiction of the immaterial.

Six sessions. E - $220, L - $242

Margaret Farr is an art historian who has worked at the Art Institute of Chicago and has taught at numerous colleges and universities. A specialist in nineteenth-century art, her other interests include modern and contemporary art. She currently is an adjunct lecturer at the Art Institute.

Materials List

Required:

• A course packet of additional material, compiled by the instructor and distributed during the first class, for which there will be a nominal fee due at that time.

First Reading:

• For the first class, please read the syllabus that will be sent upon registration, in the confirmation email.

This class is part of the Newberry’s Adult Education Seminars Program. Learn more about our registration procedures.