
16 Courses
Fall 2021
Learn how modern artists adapted earlier traditions in developing a new visual language.
Instructor: William Perthes
Fall 2021
Mondays, November 1 – November 22, 6 –8 pm ET
Explore Johns’s work, influences, and relationships, and learn how the American artist bridged abstract expressionism and pop art.
Instructor: Jonathan D. Katz
Fall 2021
Thursdays, November 11 – December 9, 4 - 6 pm ET
Along with goods, ancient trade routes led to an exchange of art and ideas. This course explores the visual cultures of empires that rose and fell along this storied network.
Instructor: Kaelin Jewell
Fall 2021
Thursdays, November 11 – December 9, 1–3pm ET
Learn more about the artist and new discoveries on his work from the authors of Cézanne in the Barnes Foundation.
Instructors: André Dombrowski, Nina M. Athanassoglou-Kallmyer, Carol Armstrong, Christopher Riopelle, Anya Shutova, and Barbara Buckley
Fall 2021
Trace the art and careers of Charles Demuth and Marsden Hartley against the backdrop of gay and lesbian history and visual culture.
Instructor: Thomas Collins, Neubauer Family Executive Director and President
Fall 2021
This course looks at forgeries—how they're made and why, and how scholars distinguish between fake and real.
Instructors: Kaelin Jewell, Senior Instructor, and Carl Walsh, Postdoctoral Fellow in Egyptian Art
Fall 2021
This course traces major moments in the history of modern design, including material innovations and the ideas behind Bauhaus, art deco, postmodernism, and other movements.
Instructor: Heather Gibson Moqtaderi
Fall 2021
Instructor: Martha Lucy
Fall 2021
Instructor: Mey-Yen Moriuchi
Fall 2021
Take a deep dive into the creative process and masterworks of the Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet.
Instructor: Julia L. Valiela
Fall 2021
This class explores the working methods of two virtuoso watercolorists in Barnes collection: Paul Cézanne and Charles Demuth.
Instructors: Michael Williamson, Art Associate, Art Team, Barnes Foundation
Fall 2021
This course explores Monet’s work and contributions to modernism in the 20th century and beyond.
Instructor: Leslie Bowen
Fall 2021
Instructor: Leslie Bowen
Fall 2021
This course explores the behind-the-scenes realities of the artist’s model across time, focusing especially on the class and gender dynamics of the 19th-century studio.
Instructors: Kedra Kearis and Martha Lucy
Fall 2021
Instructor: Corrinne Chong
Fall 2021
Trace the roots of minimalism in the Bauhaus, De Stijl, and constructivism movements, and discover how Agnes Martin and other pioneering women have reshaped the canon.
Instructor: Matthew Palczynski