Art — whether it be an 18th-century, finely detailed oil painting, a modern-day screen-printed piece or a functional ceramic vessel — is always communicating. That was one of the messages presented to ...

This Brazilian guitar workshop explores the rich rhythmic and harmonic language and essential accompaniment patterns behind choro and samba, with focus on chord voicings, bass line movement, and right ...

CHAGRIN FALLS -- Art historian Felicia Zaverella will present an eight-part free art history lecture series Sept. 17 - Nov. 12. "Through the Eyes of the Artist," will feature two evening lectures and ...

Born in Florentine workshops in the early 1400s, realism enjoyed a long run, dominating European art for four centuries. By the mid-1860s it had degenerated into a weary superficiality. This inspired ...

The ways that art, history and race intersect can be so provocative that art historian Lisa Farrington once had to be escorted out of one of her lectures by security because of how intensely the ...

Heghnar Watenpaugh, professor of Art History at UC Davis (Courtesy) UC Davis professors are not only world renowned from their incredible ability to teach and inspire students, but the impact they ...

I am just old enough to remember the 35mm slide projectors used in art-history classrooms of the past. As a student, I found the gentle, continuous whir of their ventilation systems calming. The soft ...