68° A Few Clouds- When Friday, December 21, 2012, 10 a.m.
- Where San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego
- Age limit All ages
- Categories Arts, Lectures, Museums
- Cost $8 - $15
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Above: Graphic logo of the San Diego Museum of Art located in Balboa Park.
Dr. James Grebl, Manager of Library and Archives at The San Diego Museum of Art, will trace the development of American fascination with Italy through the works of such artists as John Singleton Copley, Thomas Cole, George Inness, John Singer Sargent, and others.
About the Lecture:
Between 1760 when Benjamin West embarked on the first artistic pilgrimage from America to Italy, and the 1880s when the practice began to wane, hundreds of American painters and sculptors made the trek to Italy. The earliest artistic travelers were mainly concerned with studying firsthand the art of antiquity and the Renaissance and were focused mainly on Florence and Rome, but later generations of Americans expanded their interests to include landscape and other genres and widened their horizons to include Campania, Sicly, and especially Venice.
Friday Morning Lecture & Tour Series (Third Friday of each month) focuses on works of art on view in the Museum. All lectures are followed by docent-led tours.
Sponsored by The San Diego Museum of Art Docent Council. Corporate Sponsors: GS Levine Insurance Services, Inc. and Ace Private Risk Services
Cost: $12 members/$15 nonmembers/$8 seniors, students, military
For more information, visit http://www.sdmart.org/calendar/new-world-discovers-italy
Location: San Diego Museum of Art, 1450 El Prado Balboa Park, San Diego: Google Maps
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