Scarsdale Adult School Catalog Fall/Winter 2024-25
Walking Tour: Mexican Prints at the Vanguard at the Met Drawn mainly from the Met’s own collection, Mexican Prints at the Vanguard (running September 12, 2024 through January 5 2025) highlights Mexico’s rich tradition of printmaking from the eighteenth century to the mid-twentieth century. Among the early works presented are those by Mexico’s best-known printmaker, José Guadalupe Posada, whose depictions of skeletons engaged in different activities helped establish a global identity for Mexican art. Featuring over 130 works that include woodcuts, lithographs, and screen prints by artists such as Diego Rivera, José Clemente
Orozco, and Leopoldo Méndez, the exhibition explores how prints were central to the artistic identity and practice in Mexico and highlights their effectiveness in addressing social and political issues, a role of the graphic arts that continues today. PAGE KNOX (see bio for “Walking Tour: European Wing at the Met”). Tuesday, December 17 • 10:30am-12:00pm • Metropolitan Museum of Art • Course 12994 • $80
Walking Tour: Siena, the Rise of Painting, 1300-1350 at the Met Siena: The Rise of Painting, 1300–1350 (running October 13, 2024 through January 26, 2025) examines the pivotal role of Sienese artists at the dawn of the Italian Renaissance. In the decades prior to the plague around 1350, Siena was the site of phenomenal artistic innovation and activity. Although Florence is often described as the Renaissance’s epicenter, this exhibit offers a fresh perspective on the importance of Siena and the profound influence of its artists, including Duccio, Pietro and Ambrogio Lorenzetti, and Simone Martini, whose achievements had an immeasurable impact on painters in the centuries that followed. PAGE KNOX (see bio for “Walking Tour: European Wing at the Met”). Tuesday, January 21 • 10:30am-12:00pm • Metropolitan Museum of Art • Course 12996 • $80
Walking Tour: Caspar David Friedrich: The Soul of Nature at the Met Commemorating the 250th anniversary of Caspar David Friedrich's birth, The Soul of Nature , running February 8, 2025 through May 11, 2025, is the first comprehensive U.S, exhibition dedicated to the artist. A landscape painter from the German romantic movement, Friedrich emphasized the individuality, intimacy, open-endedness, and complexity of our responses to the natural world. Comprising 75 oil paintings, finished drawings, and working sketches by Friedrich from every phase of his career along with select examples by his contemporaries, the exhibit illuminates how Friedrich's landscapes conveyed personal and existential meaning. PAGE KNOX (see bio for “Walking Tour: European Wing at the Met”). Friday, February 14 • 11:00am-12:30pm • Metropolitan Museum of Art • Course 13084 • $80
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